Upon seeing the look on my face, Legan curled his lips upward slightly. He asked, "Are you feeling tired? Shall I call your bids for you?" I was being mal "No. 1 call my pon bids."


    Two milion dor, was it? When I thought about the balloner in my bank ount, I felt confident again. "Thu ee million dors!" I called out. paps were headanoss the room.


    We were clearly going against each other. The bids were no longer called in 5,000 do on 10,000-dor increments.Belongs to ? n0velDrama.Org.


    Mrs Payant saised her hand proudly. "Tour million dors!"


    "Woah, Mrs Bryant is such a spendthrift".


    "What''s up with Bus. Tryant? It looks like she might actually be wanting to teach the Yorks a lesson."


    "Did you people pocoguze het? That''s Elijah''s wife. Thur. That...."


    "oh" Why is #hjah''s wile sitting together with Mr. Wood! Don''t you think they look rather close


    "Haven''t you heard! She and Elijah are in the midst of a divorce. I heard that she''s had enough of Elijas cheating on her, so she filed for divorce in a fit of anger."


    11 she has endly tiled to a divorce, doesn''t that mean that it hasn''t been finalized? How is it that she already has a new partner.


    "Who knows? Maybe it''s because she''s got the los."


    Who knows


    The people''s chumer was so loud that could hear them from where I was. They made all conts of remarks. Nice oss, mean ones, weird ones. I felt numb. Humans were creatures who couldn''t bear to see others doing better than them.


    I just knew that as long as I showed up in this circle, these tumors would never end. Everyone would only know of me as "Mrs. Linden", and they would have fun discussing my dark past. !! a hand on mine


    Terling stunned. I led my head


    Loganhadatender look in his eyes. "Don''t be afraid. You''d have toe out in public sooner orter. It wouldn''t be right for you to stay in hiding the whole time.


    I watched Mas Bryant, who was looking smug All felt was extreme disput


    Lasked, "What should I do?


    Calmly, Logan replied. "Defeat them with your own capabilities."


    Junurban leated over to me too. With a grim look on his face, he said, "Call for another bid! You have my support."


    I looked up immediately. "Tive million dors."


    Mrs. Bryant''s face nittened up. She stared at me gloomily. "Ms. York, can''t you just give up?


    That had a double meaning


    In a cold voice, I questioned her, "Mrs Bryant, why do you want to take something that someone else fancies?


    Jused a douliranteide coo


    The look on Ms. Bryant''s face turned even darker. She harrumpled, "Ms Linden, wouldn''t Mr. Linden pel mad at your behavior? Just because of ''


    adjusted bei gaze at Logan


    I became even miste enraged on the inside.


    Mrs Linden"?


    insane? Why was she humiliating me in public? She even daited her eyes toward Logan intentionally. Was she trying to humiliate me for cheating while I was still "M trying to say that I was fighting with her for that painting because of another man? He lookedpletely unperturbed, but I could see that of gloominess in his eyes. From the looks of it, Ms. Bryant had pissed him off.


    I was just about to argue back when someone suddenly said, "Ten million dors. I''m getting this painting."


    In an instant the air in the room became utili


    Truined my beat sully, only to see Elijah strolling