“Alright, I got it! Thanks!” Shannon hung up the phone with a changeable expression on her face.
Cindy, who was driving in the front seat, noticed her discomfort and immediately asked with concern, “Shannon, what’s wrong? Did something bad happen?”
Holly was also startled and asked, “Shannon, what’s wrong? Whose call was it?”
Shannon’s emotions were turbulent, but she remained gentle and soft in front of Holly. Her voice was tender as she said, “It’s nothing… it’s just… a friend from the auction house called me and said…”
As she spoke, Shannon’s eyes turned red, and her voice choked up.
“What did they say? Shannon, tell me quickly!” Holly asked anxiously.
Biting her lip, Shannon stared at Holly with a pitiful look. Tears welled up in her eyes, and her voice trembled as she said, “They said someone went to pick up the emerald jewelry with the pick-up receipt!”
“What?” Holly asked instinctively, “Is it my brother’s people?”
Shannon’s eyes grew even redder as she shook her head. “Holly, it’s not your brother’s people. It’s Ranita…”
“Ranita?” Holly immediately shouted in anger, “How is that possible! She went to pick it up? Then what about you…”
Holly immediately called out to Cindy, “Cindy, let’s go to the auction house now, hurry!”
“No!” Shannon held Holly back, tears already streaming down her face. “Don’t go, I’ll be the one to blame if I go there. I might even be ridiculed…”
Shannon cried pitifully, and Holly’s anger grew even stronger. “Shannon, that’s something my brother bid for. As his fiancée, if it’s not for you, then who else should it be for? Ranita has no shame, actually daring to go and pick it up!”
“Shannon, yes, you can’t give up!” Cindy also spoke up, “That set of emerald jewelry really suits you!”
Shannon hesitated, pretending to say, “Holly, what if Brendon gave it to Ranita? If I do this, it will make Brendon upset, and I’ll feel even worse.”
Holly’s anger was ignited, and she couldn’t bear to let it go. She said fiercely, “Shannon, my brother would never give it to Ranita! She must have tricked it away from my brother…”
“I’m going to snatch it back! My brother spent a fortune on it!”
“Why should it belong to Ranita!”
The car turned around and headed to the auction house.
Ranita was in the process of completing the formalities with the auction house manager, Brian Phelps. He was very respectful, saying, “Miss Bowman, Mr. Stuart has already informed me that you would come to collect the goods! Mr. Stuart has settled the payment, so you don’t need to pay anything! However, we might need your cooperation to go through the procedures…”
Due to the invaluable nature of the auction item, Brian treated it with great caution.
After signing numerous documents, Ranita was about to receive the emerald jewelry when a commotion suddenly erupted at the entrance.
“What’s going on?” Brian quickly covered the box and shouted angrily towards the door.
Soon, hurried footsteps approached, and Holly barged in directly. She raised her chin and looked at the items on the table, sneering, “Ranita, if I hadn’t arrived in time, you would have taken something that doesn’t belong to you!”
“Mr. Phelps, you should know who I am, right? My brother bought these things here, so why are you giving them to her?”
This questioning tone gave Brian a headache. He quickly put on a smile and explained, “Miss Stuart, please calm down…”