Mable and Howard were not celebrities, so they did not intentionally stop to pose for pictures as they walked down the red carpet. They reached the end in no time and went inside. Meanwhile, in the Royal View Villa. Amos felt troubled as he watched Blair who was busy in the kitchen. “Master Blair, the charity dinner is about to start. You—” Blair stirred the soup in the pot and said without looking back, “Tell them I’m busy and won’t be going! Add another million in donations.” Amos twitched his mouth. ‘You’re really something! ‘You’re busy because you’re making soup?’ He sighed helplessly. “Okay.” Just as he took out his phone to call the organizer, he noticed a piece of entertainment news and clicked in. When he saw what it was, he widened his eyes and said, “M-Master Blair.” “What?” Blair looked back at him impatiently. He was cooking soup for Mable and was going to send it to her in a while. Although he was still mad, he could not completely ignore her. He h
Howard looked at Lesley and greeted her, “Ms. Witherford.” Lesley pointed at Mable and asked him, “Mr. Morse, what’s your relationship with her?” “We’re family friends.” Howard was a little annoyed by Lesley’s unreasonable behavior. He reminded her, “Ms. Witherford, it’s very rude to point your finger at others!” Lesley scoffed and turned to leave. Mable ignored Lesley and looked at the row of chairs at the front. Blair’s seat happened to be in the middle of the first row. It seemed that Blair was on the invite list. Nonetheless, Mable knew he would not come. “You and Lesley know each other?” Howard asked. Mable briefly explained what happened at the mall in the afternoon. Howard said, “Lesley and Henry are friends. I’ve seen her a few times, so I know of her. I’m not familiar with her, though,” Mable smiled. “You don’t need to explain to me.” She simply did not care about Lesley. While they spoke, a woman quietly walked over and removed the name tag on the
The surrounding people were shocked as they watched Blair and Mable. ‘Who is this woman? How dare she talk to Master Blair like that?’ ‘Why did it seem like Master Blair was flirting with her?’ ‘There’s something… going on between them!’ Mable could not be bothered to talk nonsense with Blair. ‘Fine, I won’t drink.’ “Amos,” Blair said. Amos walked over and took the wine glass from him. Then, Amos handed Blair a thermos. Blair opened the lid and handed it to Mable. “Drink this.” Mable looked down and saw that it was soup. She could tell how flavorful it was without even drinking it. The surrounding people were dumbfounded again! ‘Master Blair carried a thermos filled with soup with him.’ ‘What’s going on?’ ‘Didn’t people say he’s indifferent toward women?’ Lesley looked at Blair, who was sitting next to Mable. She was so mad that her mouth was crooked. It was not easy for her to find someone to change her seat next to Blair. Who knew that he sat next to M
Mable had casually picked the diamond ring from her jewelry box to match her gown tonight. The diamond was a rare natural yellow diamond, and the market price was estimated to be close to seven figures. Blair looked deeply at the ring she took off. Howard called for the staff to register the ring donated by Mable. Soon, the charity dinner officially started. Mable looked at the agenda and noticed Hannah was the guest of honor for tonight. She would be singing a song during the intermission. After the leader gave his speech, the auction began. Everyone present was reputable, so the items they donated were valuable. After all, this occasion was more than just for charity. It was also a display of their family’s reputation. Everyone wondered what Blair had donated. At this moment, Old Master Morse’s collection was being auctioned on the stage. After a few rounds of bidding, the famous landscape painting was auctioned off for a million dollars. Mable also wondered what
With that, the auction continued. Howard raised the bid. “1.6 million dollars!” Blair followed suit. “1.8 million dollars!” Mable shook her head at Howard and whispered, “Stop raising the bid!” If it went on, it would not be worth it. Although the money was for charity, money did not fall from trees. The ring was worth 1.3 million dollars at most. It would not be worth it if it cost any more than that. Howard nodded and stopped. In fact, he knew when Blair started bidding for the ring that Blair would eventually have it. Howard only raised the bid several times to raise the final price. Even if he could not have the ring, he could not let Blair have it easy. “1.8 million dollars, going once, going twice, going thrice! “Sold! Congratulations, Master Blair! We’d also like to thank you for your contribution to charity…” Amos followed the staff to complete the procedures and soon returned with Mable’s ring. “Master Blair.” Blair took the box. Lesley stared at
‘I won’t let this bitch go! ‘Never!’ Lesley thought. The auction items after that were unique in their own way. Mable was no longer focused on the auction. She wanted it to end so she could teach Blair a hard lesson where no one was around! “The last item is a pendant of suet jade donated by Fowler Enterprise. The starting price is 700,000 dollars.” Mable was stunned. At this moment, the big screen on the stage showed a close-up of the jade pendant. The pendant was only the size of a cherry. It was round and white, faintly shining with colorful light under the light. Two words were engraved on the pendant, and they were vaguely visible. Blair frowned and turned to ask Amos, “What’s going on?” That was not what Fowler Enterprise donated. Amos was also baffled. He clearly remembered that the item he sent for auction was an antique vase Blair had acquired at a high price abroad the year before. How did it turn into a jade pendant? Amos did not dare to delay the m
Mable looked coldly at Blair. “Blair, what’s there to explain? “You don’t know how the jade pendant came to be in the charity auction? Or you simply didn’t know it was a…” She could not bring herself to say it was a wedding gift. In any case, they were divorced. “It’s true. I don’t know why the jade pendant is here. Mabes—” “Stop it. I don’t want to hear it!” Mable did not want to listen to his nonsense and pushed him away. “I don’t want to hear it. Get out of the w— Ah!” Before she could finish, she was lifted into the air. Blair ignored everyone else and directly carried her. While walking outside, he said overbearingly, “If you don’t want to hear it now, let’s go home and talk!” “Blair, let go of me!” Mable was furious. However, she could not do much as she was wearing a gown. Many people were watching, but he carried her just like that. What would they think? He might not care about his image, but she did. “Blair, don’t think I don’t dare make a move on yo
Mable thought, ‘I can’t lose it again.’ Before long, she arrived at her apartment building. Before she got out of the car, she looked in the rearview mirror. Blair’s car was parked on the opposite side of the road. Though, he did not seem to want to get out. That saved Mable the trouble. After thanking Howard, Mable went upstairs. Her phone rang as soon as she entered her place. It was Rahman who called. Mable accepted, but before she could say anything, Rahman shouted, “Mabes, are you serious?! How could you auction Jarius? Are you nuts?!” ‘Isn’t he abroad? Why is he so well-informed?’ Mable frowned. “How did you know?” She asked while looking at the jade pendant in her hand. Jarius was its name. No one would have thought that it was Secret’s token. “I saw a picture posted by a guy from Richworth on social media. He said there was a charity dinner in Richworth…” Mable poured herself a glass of water and said indifferently, “Don’t worry. I bought it back.”