The moment Charlene spoke, it wasn’t just Maureen who was stunned—Laverne, Dalton, and Moran were all equally taken aback.
Laverne’s reaction was no surprise.
Dalton, on the other hand, had done some homework on Charlene beforehand. He knew the Ross family’s circumstances were relatively modest. Sure, their business had picked up this year, but it wasn’t as if they could just casually toss around hundreds of millions to bid on a single diamond.
Moran was even more convinced he had Charlene all figured out.
Given the Ross family’s current standing, scraping together even ten million in spare cash would be a stretch—let alone five hundred million.
Granted, Thorne had recently wired Charlene two billion as an advance payment to help the Ross family with cash flow. And yes, business was on the upswing, and Charlene still had a good chunk of that money left. But for her to nonchalantly drop such a staggering sum on a diamond? That seemed downright reckless.
With this in mind, Moran quickly pulled out his phone and fired off a message to Thorne:
*Just saw your wife at the gala, was wondering what brought her here. Now I get it… You know about this diamond up for auction, right? Starting bid’s four hundred million, and she just pushed it up to five hundred million in one go. Is she actually trying to buy it? My God, has she lost her—*
Moran was still furiously typing when someone else called out a bid of five hundred and fifty million. Before he could even finish his thought, Charlene raised her paddle again.
“Seven hundred million,” she said, calm as ever.
Moran froze mid-message.
He hadn’t even finished typing, but he sent the message off to Thorne anyway.
Everyone attending the auction tonight had more or less guessed that this rare diamond would fetch upwards of a billion by the final round.
But Charlene’s bidding style was something else entirely—each time she spoke up, the price leapt by a hundred or a hundred and fifty million. In just three rounds, she’d pushed the bid to seven hundred million. It wasn’t just Maureen, Laverne, and Moran who stared at her in disbelief; the entire room had turned to look.
Seated in the auction hall were the crème de la crème of society—wealthy women, heiresses, ladies who, even if they didn’t know each other personally, certainly knew each other’s reputations.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne)
Stewart and Charlene will the best match, both power players!...
Can't wait to read where Charlene will start another relationship... God for is she gets back with Thorne... She needs to be with York or Gaylord (to annoy vesta) or granger (to annoy Thorne)...
I know its ur story and u obviously have ur own plot line and all and have every right to build the story as u like but what writer provide isnt just entertainment, but they shape the narrative of young minds. So I would say that romanticing cheating is, or rather THORNE'S behaviour, wrong for all the reasons..give york a chance ..that will be way more satisfying...again all of this is just my point of view but if charlene and thorne get back together, its not the story im looking for...
Hey...please dont ever make Charlene and thorne get back together no matter what...he simply doesn't deserve it....no matter the reason or plot twist behind the way he treated his legally wedded wife....whether he actually slept with vesta or not....just his emotional cheating...not repecting his spouse....not caring enough to actually get to know the person his wife was....and actually distancing his child from her mother and encouraging her to bond with the mistress are all the biggest RED FLAGS... when a person enters a contract....he must uphold it no questions asked...its not like if ur partner isnt good enough, ur allowed to cheat..allowed to let a 3rd person in-between....if ur not satisfied with ur partner then u can get a divorce...whats the point of all the wealth, power and brilliance of mind when the ML cant even get his head around this simple fact...So, its fine it he regrets, but charlene shouldn't be with him in any case.....
Enough already. This novel is dragging slowly. Updated with 2 chapters only. REALLY!!! Whoever the author or authors of this novel why is there a delay in penning more chapters? Here’s my question. In reading the comments from others does their opinions matters and/or make a difference? Are comments being monitored? Or is it only a tool allowing readers to blow off steam?...
Long wait to just get an upload of a couple of chapters. Very little progress in the story if any at all! For heaven's sake the story is 453 chapters so far with nothing or little change from where the story began! Show commitment to us your readers and followers please!...
Hi..its my 1st ever time commenting on any story. But seriously....i dont mean to come as rude but are u seriously thinking about the stroy or losing ur grip on the plot and characters...not updating...no story development...no commitment towards ur readers...u just uploaded 2 chapters after god know how long and still nothing to give to the story..if u dont want to write or simply cant then please dont...
The updates are so slow that I forgot the story for some time and just remembered it and read 20 chapters. The chapters are short and the story development is like a snail. 451 chapters and Charlene still couldn't break her image in other's eyes or dealth some serious damage to Vesta and her trash father....
It would be better to say right away that there are 10 chap/month...
Just give us updates already...