Kara observed Quentin’s expression. When a celadon vase was revealed, she noticed some nervousness on his face. When she saw Alena’s father raise the card, she immediately raised her card too.
In the beginning, a lot of people raised their cards. When the price got higher and higher, only Deon and Kara raised their cards.
Deon looked at the woman who competed with him. His face looked sullen.
The scene entered a climax.
“There’s a gentleman who raised the offer to nine million.”
“Oh, a lady offers ten million.”
Kara held two cards in her hand. She did not understand the rules and directly raised the card with a larger number on it.
Hearing that the other party claimed ten million, her hand trembled in fear and the card in her hand fell.
The corner of Nolan’s mouth twitched.
“Ten million once.”
“Uncle Nolan, is that vase worth ten million?”
Kara asked in a small voice. Because she was nervous, her voice was shaky.
“This depends on the market trend. Based on Quentin’s expression, it should not be worth it to increase the price,” Nolan said honestly.
Kara frowned, “If it is not worth it, it would be useless for me to buy a big vase with ten million!”
Nolan was speechless.
‘Useless? Then why did you raise the cards?
However, these vases are all rare collections. People buy them for appreciation, not for their function.
Despite that, your man has plenty of money. Ten million is just a figure to him. What are you panicking for?’ Nolan thought.
Kara looked away and saw that Alena was staring at her with resentment. She pursed her pink lips and turned to kiss James on the face. She flashed a provocative smile at her.
Cadence, who was sitting beside, watched Kara suddenly kiss James and covered her mouth in shock.
With Jame’s aloof character, he would definitely be angry, and might even lose his temper on the spot.
However, what surprised her was that the man only touched his face indifferently. Although he put on a straight face, there was gentleness in his sharp brown eyes.
It seems that the rumor of Kara snatching her cousin’s fiance was false.
From the way, James looked at Kara. It was clear that he loved her.
When Alena saw Kara’s actions, she was about to explode in anger and directly raised her card.
“Oh, another young lady raised her card, 11 million.”
When Kara saw her raise the card, she was excited and immediately raised her card again.
“That young lady just raised her card again, 12 million.”
When Kara raised her card, he whispered to Cadence,
“Can you help me? Why don’t you raise your card, too?”
Cadence was stunned. She was very hesitant to buy a vase for 13 million.
“It doesn’t matter. It’s just to have fun. If you really win, I’ll buy the vase from you.”
Hearing that, Cadence nodded. 13 million was a lot of money.
However, if it was used to please James, it would be worth it!
When Alena saw that Cadence also raised her card, she became even more furious and immediately raised her card.
“Uncle Nolan, is it a losing deal to buy that vase with 14 million?”
Nolan was surprised to see that she seemed to enjoy the bidding.
According to the budget, Quentin and Deon discussed that they would buy the vase with about six or seven million.
However, Kara joined the game and raised the price to 14 million, which was far beyond the value of the celadon vase.
“Well, it should be a big losing deal.”
“Oh, then let her have it.” Kara stopped being mischievous now.
Something dawned on Cadence.
She finally understood that this woman was aiming at Alena.
She had disliked Alena from the beginning. Since James was supporting Kara, she had to join the game to have fun.
“Good, there is a young lady who raised her card, 15 million, 15 million.”
Cadence raised her card, gave Alena a provocative smile, and mouthed a few words.
Alena read her lips, and her face darkened. She raised her card again, ignoring her father’s warning.
“Alright, this young lady just raised her card again. It’s 16 million. Looks like this young lady really likes this treasure. 16 million going once, 12 million going twice. Anyone else wants to raise the card?”
At this time, Kara and Cadence looked at each other. Both of them feigned a move that made others think they were going to their cards.
“Twenty million!”
When Alena saw that the two of them were about to raise their cards, her anger surged, and her eyes were filled with hatred as she shouted in anger.
The entire audience was in an uproar.
A vase worth six to seven million was sold for twenty million. This group of women must be crazy!
Nolan straightened his gold-rimmed glasses.
Why would women make things difficult for each other?
The auctioneer shouted twenty million three times, congratulations to Alena for winning the celadon vase.
Deon glared at his daughter with a sullen face. Twenty million was not much for them, but it was a losing business. Anyone in their situation would not feel happy.
He stared at Quentin with meaningful eyes. The number card that Kara raised belonged to James, so Kara represented James.
And James was the son of Quentin, so it was clear that Quentin was fooling him.
Damn it!
Hearing Alena offer a sky-high price, Kara and Cadence looked at each other and smiled.
There was a saying, “The enemy of your enemy is your friend.”
Kara successfully defeated her enemy by making friends with the enemy of her enemy.
Only then did Alena realize that Kara had done all the things to deliberately provoke her, so that she would be angry and lose her mind.
She was tricked by that bitch!
“Dad, I will never forgive her!”
Alena stamped her feet in anger, wishing she could rush over now and strangle Kara.
“You are just too impulsive.”
Deon suffered a big loss and had no mood to stay anymore. He turned and left.
Alena stomped her feet in anger. She could only follow her father to leave.
The auction continued. As long as it was something that Quentin liked, Kara would jump in, causing the bidding price to soar.
The others saw that the man next to Kara was James, who was the president of the SA Group. With his strength, who dared to compete with him?
As long as Kara raised the card, everyone else would be cautious when they made their decision.
Cadence cooperated with her. As expected, the prices of the rare items that Quentin and the person in charge of the Alston Group favored were overinflated. The latter left the auction house with a sullen face.
James was Quentin’s son. Now that James had messed everything up, it seemed that the cooperation they agreed on earlier was clearly a joke.
When Quentin saw that the CEO of the Alston Group had also left angrily, his face darkened. He glared at Kara with resentment and quickly went to chase after him.
Seeing Quentin leave, Kara let out a sigh of relief. She felt proud of herself and thought she should take all the credit.
“James, let’s go and eat something delicious tonight, okay?”
James held the brochure in his hand. His lips curved slightly and his brown eyes swept over her.
“Okay.”
‘Well, I will order something delicious for her to eat. When she is full and happy, I can taste her,’ he thought.
“Take a look. Is there anything you like?”
“No need. I don’t know how to appreciate those things.”
She had no interest in those old antiques.
“Well, then I will buy these jade bracelets.”
James pointed at a picture on the brochure. It was a pair of jade bracelets that once belonged to an Empress of a certain dynasty. The jade bracelets were lustrous, and when the lights shone on them, they were very beautiful.
Even those who had no knowledge of jade could see that jade bracelets were valuable by judging from their texture and quality from afar.
Moreover, this pair of jade bracelets was the highlight of this auction, and the price was outrageously high.
They were hard to come by.
Just as everyone was eager to bid and estimate their price, James raised his card.
He was tall, and when he raised his hand, he stood out from the crowd. He was very conspicuous.
All of a sudden, the place became quiet.
Although there were many people who wanted the bracelets, none of them dared to compete with James.
Previously, Kara raised the cards many times, but didn’t seriously buy anything. Maybe, they were just having fun. However, it was now James who personally raised the card. Who dared to challenge him?