Next Man, Better Plan novel Chapter 8

Sitting beside Stephanie, Quennel's expression cracked.

If Stephanie kept bidding, he would likely go bankrupt over this necklace.

Fortunately, Stephanie soon stood up and left the hall.

Quennel wanted to follow her, but Victoria held him back.

She looked at him with adoration. "Quennel, I never thought you would light a sky lantern for me…"

In truth, Quennel regretted it.

He was rich, but he wasn't a fool.

A necklace worth no more than a million had been driven up to a hundred million by Stephanie.

But he had promised Victoria he would help her get her family heirloom back.

Thinking back, he realized there weren't many things that had ever caught Stephanie's eye over the years.

He shouldn't have fought with her over it.

A sense of guilt washed over Quennel, and he left Victoria to chase after Stephanie.

But when he got outside, she was already gone.

…

Stephanie left the auction because Todd had called her.

He said he had found a potential buyer for Meridian Consortium and had arranged a meeting.

"Mr. Carter, who is the buyer?"

Stephanie had thought this would take some time. After all, transferring ownership of such a large publicly traded company was no small matter.

Most people didn't have the financial means, and those who did wouldn't dare to cross the Gonzalez family.

"It's Ironhold Investment Group. But the specific terms need to be discussed. Their boss has only expressed preliminary interest."

Stephanie was surprised.

Ironhold Investment Group. Over the past few years, they had snatched a lot of business from Meridian Consortium. Quennel considered them a sworn enemy and had complained about them to her more than once.

But Stephanie didn't know much about the business world. She only knew that the boss behind Ironhold was very mysterious, rarely made public appearances, and was rumored to have a military background.

She knew nothing else.

In the evening, Stephanie arrived at the private club where the meeting was scheduled.

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