Devoted Love:The Billionaire's Precious Wife
Chapter 157

Chapter 157: Chapter 157

People at the auction started to talk among themselves.

"The price has gone past 300 million dollars, and buyer number 1 is still not backing down? Is he really going to stick it out?"

"Looks like he’s hell–bent on getting it!"

"Who is this dude? With so much dough, 300 million seems like chump change to him."

Jack noticed Rosemary’s face turning sour. It must be a bummer having something she thought was a sure thing snatched away from her. Who wouldn’t be ticked off?

He had no clue who had such deep pockets. Could it be Mafia C?

He’d heard that Mafia C had their eyes on the same prize.

"Well, I guess it’s just fate. Rosemary, I know you’re determined, but our pockets aren’t deep enough."

"Go big or go home." Rosemary suddenly said.

"What?" Jack doubted his own ears. No one went all in at an auction! The thing was, buyer number 1 seemed to have money to burn, and they were flat out of cash. "Go big or go home." At Rosemary’s command, Jack thought she’d totally lost it!

She must’ve been driven mad by buyer number 1!

She meant she was ready to spend all she had, even if the other side bid a billion, or even two billion dollars, she’d always top them by three million!

Where did Rosemary get that kind of money?

Two billion dollars meant nothing to these guys.

"What are you waiting for?" Rosemary gave him a glance, her eyes filled with irritation.

Jack knew she was serious, closed his eyes, and pressed the button for three seconds.

"Buyer number 1 is going all in, let’s congratulate buyer number 1."

Before the auctioneer could finish his sentence, the stage was filled with a grand sound again, and a flashing notice appeared on the big screen.

"Buyer number 3 is going all in!"

The whole room was buzzing!

This wasn’t just rare for this auction, it was unheard of worldwide, two buyers going all in at the same time!

Clearly, both parties were rolling in dough, and they were really going head–to–head!

The auctioneer was dumbstruck, what the hell was going on, buyer number 3 was going all in too, and buyer number 1 was also hell–bent on buying this thing. How was he supposed to handle this auction?

He was out of his depth.

At that moment, the boss of Mafia Wolf watched this scene with great interest. He said something to the auctioneer, and the auctioneer’s earpiece immediately picked up his words.

The auctioneer hurriedly said, "Ladies and gentlemen, please calm down. Since both buyer number 1 and buyer number 3 are keen on this prize. After our discussion, we now ask the two buyers to come backstage. Our boss will personally meet with them. Whoever offers a higher price and transfers the money faster gets the prize!"

"Now I announce, this auction has been successfully concluded. Buyers number 1 and 3, please follow our staff backstage for further discussion..."

Jack felt despair creep in, it was over!

Rosemary could only offer 200 million in person.

After they went backstage, wouldn’t people laugh at them?

"I can cover for you, you leave first." Jack felt that he might not be able to get out of this dangerous place safely today.

He was ready to sacrifice himself for Rosemary.

However, Rosemary stood up, "Come on, let’s go backstage."

Jack was visibly confused.

Rosemary didn’t seem to be scared at all!

The door of the box opened, and there were already a few Mafia Wolf guys with guns, waiting outside for them, claiming to take them backstage. But everyone knew, these guys were just worried they didn’t

have the money. So, it was just a precaution to prevent them from running off.

They really underestimated them, they had at least two billion dollars, so unfair!!

Even though he was dissatisfied with them, Jack still tried to keep a friendly face, "Buddy, I want to ask you a question, who is that number 1 buyer?"

"The boss of Mafia C."

"What? The boss of Mafia C is here too?"

Although he had received the news earlier and knew that Mafia C was very eager to get this cinnamomum tenuis, he didn’t expect their boss to come in person.

It seemed that this cinnamomum tenuis was very important to them.

Rosemary and Jack found themselves backstage at the auction, where there was only a long table. The guy sitting smack in the middle was the boss of Mafia Wolf,Keith.

Keith looked like a mixed–race guy, his smile never reaching his eyes, giving off a cool yet wickedly charming vibe..

"Didn’t expect the boss of Mafia Flame to be a chick. How interesting."

He eyed Rosemary with a charming grin, "A real beauty, aren’t you?"

Those clear, bright eyes alone could knock anyone’s socks off.

How breathtaking she must be without that mask.

Jack wanted to gouge out those lustful eyes out. If it weren’t for Rosemary’s desperate need for that cinnamomum tenuis, his blade would already be in Keith’s eye socket!

Rosemary hooked a chair with her long leg and plopped down, "Seems like buyer number one doesn’t have a sense of time."

"Who says we don’t value time?" Carl spoke.

A handsome man entered the backstage, his eyes quickly landing on the girl sitting to the left of the long table.

"Rose? What was she doing here?" was what he thought.

Carl had heard Rosemary’s voice earlier and thought he was hearing things due to spending too much–time with her recently.

But to his surprise, the girl sitting at the long table, wasn’t she the Rosemary that Mr. McMillian was missing?

Didn’t Rosemary go home for dinner after work?

Why was she in the triangular zone, and as a buyer?

All those questions circled his mind.

Carl was dumbstruck..

And so was Romeo. In the afternoon, when Derek went to deliver food, she said she was in a meeting and couldn’t leave.

Did she come to the triangular zone for a meeting?

It would take at least eight hours to fly from Summerfield to the triangular zone...

If she was able to attend that auction, it meant that she left shortly after he left Summerfield.

In other words, she had lied to him.

The last person Rosemary expected to walk in was Romeo. Talk about cringe.

And Jack was also taken aback. "Wasn’t this guy Rosemary’s boyfriend? The boss of Mafia C?" he thought.

It seemed like they both didn’t know each other’s identities. How amusing! Too amusing!

Seeing Rosemary caught in the act was like a child caught snacking on sweets. He was just about to laugh when Rosemary shot him a glare.

Upon seeing Romeo, Keith’s playfulness vanished, replaced by respect and flattery.

"Mr. McMillian, you’re here." He personally pulled out a chair on the right for Romeo and said, "Please, have a seat. I hope you don’t mind the modest surroundings."

Romeo sat across from Rosemary. Even

with a baseball cap and mask on, only her eyes showing, he would never mistake her for anyone else.

She was Rosemary! Seeing Romeo staring at Rosemary, Keith mistakenly thought they were enemies. He

quickly said, "Let me introduce you. This is the boss of Mafia C, Mr. McMillian."

Rosemary gave a small smile, "Nice to meet you."

"This is the boss of Mafia Flame, alias Mr. Bryant. I just found out today that Mr. Bryant is a very beautiful woman."

Keith’s gaze on Rosemary was like a wolf eyeing its prey. His naked ambition and greed made Romeo’s gaze go cold.

"Do you like her?"

Keith, oblivious to the chill in Romeo’s voice, laughed, "If Mr. Bryant can’t cough up the money later, she might have to pay her debt with her own body."

After all, he didn’t believe that Mafia Flame could easily come up with 300 million dollars!

"Mr. Bryant was just bluffing with that bid, right?" Keith thought. That way, he could use it as an excuse to take the beauty for himself. If Mr. Bryant was his, then Mafia Flame would definitely be his too.

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