Alyssa then bowed deeply to the crowd, a picture of utmost sincerity.


    The hall slowly quietened down.


    “Next, I would like to rify here and now that this ne called ‘Lacrima Dei’ was my donation to


    the


    auction.”


    The guests turned to Ada with astonished looks on their faces. She, in turn, turned to gaze


    incredulously


    at Betty.


    Betty turned to Zoe, but thetter was already out of her seat.


    Zoe had escaped before the shit hit the fan!


    Alyssa watched the show unfold, a smirk appearing on her lips. “I had no idea you would be donating


    this


    ne tonight, Madam Ada. Please trust me when I say it was a pure coincidence.”


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    “W-Why would you have ‘Lacrima Dei’ too, Ms. Alyssa?” Ada asked, her confidence out the window.


    Alyssa pursed her lips. “What matters right now isn’t why I have this ne, Madam Ada. What


    matters


    is that your ne was a fake.”


    What? A fake? Turmoil and confusion swept through the crowd.


    Sophia did her best to keep her expressionposed, but Betty had already gone as white as a ghost.


    “Ms. Betty Beckett herself gave me this. How… How could it be a fake?”


    Ada still couldn’t wrap her mind around it. If her ne had been a counterfeit, then…


    That meant she made herself look like the biggest fool tonight by donating it to the auction!


    “How could you use my daughter of gifting a counterfeit without proof, Ms. Alyssa? Shouldn’t you


    have an expert back up your ims? Do you intend to humiliate us?” Sophia hurriedly spoke up in an


    attempt to control the situation.


    “If I dared to im that your ne was a fake, I would’ve obviously already found a way to prove it.”


    Alyssa’s smirk deepened.


    Jasper smiled just the slightest at the sight.


    It looked like Alyssa was going to have some fun once again.


    He used to get so irritated whenever she did it.


    Now, it seemed to have grown on him.


    “Where is your proof, Ms. Alyssa?”


    “Madam Ada is a diehard jewelry collector herself. She could have identified a fake when she saw


    one.”


    “You need to have a basis for your usations! We need an expert to validate the authenticity of the


    nes right this instant!”


    Alyssa remained unbothered by the whirlwind of cries and arguments from the crowd.


    Just then, the venue doors opened. All eyes turned to look.


    In walked a tall, broad-shouldered blonde woman with bright blue eyes. She walked in as if the world


    were


    putty in her fingers, single-handedly domineering the atmosphere.


    Jasper’s eyes widened in shock.


    Sliva?


    What was she doing here?


    “It’s Ms. Sliva, the representative of Alexa’s designer firm!” someone cried from the crowd.


    “Sliva? She knows Alexa more than anyone. We should ask her to authenticate the jewelry right now!”


    Sliva didn’t so much as nce at the guests, making her way to the stage where Alyssa was.


    Alyssa beamed at her, walking down to greet her. “There you are.”


    Her affectionate smile and tone caught the guests by surprise.


    Sliva came to a stop in front of her, then held her hand before gently kissing it, a gesture of utmost


    respect in Yoarkley.


    “Apologies for beingte, Ms. Alexa.”