SIGNING IN: BEING SHOWERED BY HEAVENLY BLESSINGS FOR FIVE YEARS-Chapter 842 - 840: THE BLIND AUCTION 2

"Um, what are you looking for?" a man wearing a brown suit and pair of glasses asked curiously as he nudged the woman who was sitting next to him.

The woman who was looking in the direction of the private rooms turned her head to look at the man and smiled at him as she responded, "I just saw an acquaintance."

The man was surprised when he heard that, and his curiosity was further piqued. However, as he was about to ask who the other person was. Someone called his name, making him shift his attention to the other person.

As for the woman, she was Letty, Samantha’s daughter. The one Diamond met in Amber City a while ago and bought pills from Diamond.

Her mother had received the invitation, but she had other things to do and didn’t feel like spending again on another auction, so she transferred the invitation to Letty. Since the invited could bring a plus one, Letty brought her husband.

Although things were a bit tricky between her and him when she went to Amber City back then. After her return, it could be said that things were turning for the better, and her husband was glued to her side all the time.

With how everything was moving, Letty couldn’t help but smile as she gently caressed her flat belly. She should get some good news, right?

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In another corner of the hall, someone also sighed as he looked away from the private area.

’Is it her? Where have I seen her? I feel as if I have talked to her and was close to her, but why can’t I seem to remember?’ The man’s mind was aching with all these thoughts.

If Diamond were to see this man, she would be surprised. After all, it was quite unexpected to be in the same place as one of her beloved exes, Kian. It was truly unexpected.

However, he wasn’t the only one present in that place. In another corner, Donald was sitting with his female secretary, and just like others, he happened to catch a glimpse of Diamond.

His face was currently gloomy, and his female secretary pretended like she wasn’t seeing him at all. After all, who would want to bear the brunt of something that she didn’t take part in?

Donald hated Diamond so much at this moment.

She not only blackmailed, threatened and blocked him. But she made his father doubt him, and he even took away some of his authority.

He hated her so much and had always been praying to meet her one day since he couldn’t find where she was staying.

It was completely unexpected that he would come across her tonight. And to meet her in the arms of another man, Donald’s anger spiked high once again.

It was completely uncertain how he would react if he ever met her.

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In a private room, three rooms away from where Diamond and the Ace family were, Portia was sulking as she looked at the photos that the JEWELS had posted promoting Diamond.

"Do you want to burn holes looking at the photos?" her father asked teasingly upon seeing how his daughter was reacting.

Portia raised her head and looked sulkily at her father.

"Umph! Dad, she didn’t even tell me that she came. How can I learn of her arrival through the media like this?"

Portia’s father laughed heartily when he heard that. How could his daughter be so cute like that?

To think that there was a moment when Portia didn’t want to hear anything about Diamond, and at some point, he and his wife even wanted to make a move against Diamond, but then later got humbled.

He found his daughter’s reaction quite unexpected and funny.

"Dad!" she aggrievedly called, seeing how much he was having fun with her situation.

He wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes and started coaxing his daughter.

"Dear, she might have been busy. Why don’t you call her later or see her after the auction comes to an end? You are friends, right?"

Portia quieted down as she listened to that and found his words quite reassuring.

In the end, she decided to check on Diamond once the auction was done. She didn’t have the face to visit the Ace private room. What if she gets into a verbal fight with those twins?

The thought of losing face to the twins made her body tremble. She couldn’t afford it.

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Time quickly flew, and before everyone knew it, the hall was filled with guests and the doors were locked.

It was time for the real deal to appear.

Diamond was looking forward to seeing the person behind this amazing auction. After all, one can’t be a nobody to organize such an auction every year.

Her curiosity was satisfied when a voluptuous lady appeared on the stage, making the hall erupt in cheerful applause.

"Diamond, that lady is the organizer of the auction and also the owner of the auction hall," Dean explained to Diamond upon seeing how curious she looked as she clapped.

Diamond appreciated Dean’s timely explanation. After all, she was wondering to herself who this beautiful lady was to garner such applause from the crowd.

Once the lady was on the stage, everyone quieted down, and she began to address everyone.

"I would love to thank everyone for making time to attend this year’s blind auction. Tonight, I will be the host and the auctioneer. I hope that you will find what you are looking for," she smilingly said as her gaze scanned the crowd without stopping at anyone in particular. "May the best in the game win!"

Without wasting another breath, the auction officially started.

{Mother, that woman is somehow related to you.}

As the auctioneer started introducing the first item, which was a beautiful pair of earrings starting at a bidding price of A$50,000, Andrea was busy giving her detailed information related to the beautiful woman.

Diamond was surprised when she heard that. Not only was that surprising, but the pair of earrings was surprising as well. Just because a famous person wore those earrings, did they get priced at such an amount?

Anyway, she wasn’t the kind of person who loved touching what others touched. Ever since she became rich, she preferred owning things first-hand and leaving them for others.

{She is joining OASIS this year. You will be meeting her at the initiation ceremony. Her name is Evelyn Mirae. Thirty years of age and married. She is a local and happens to engage in several businesses. Both legal and illegal. She is the type of person you can contact if you want to sell some of those art pieces you have in store.}

The more she listened, the more she understood. It seemed that in this world, it was truly difficult to earn money honestly, but as long as people aren’t hurt. Who cares?

Anyway, she was happy to learn about Evelyn. She would indeed come in handy in the future. What was more interesting was that so far in Athary, there were two other OASIS members. She wasn’t alone.

Now that she knew who Evelyn was, she became very interested in the auction. Unfortunately, halfway through the auction, she didn’t find anything that she liked. The Ace bided for a piece of jewelry which Prince wanted to give to Anita, making the twins make an exaggerated vomiting gesture, which made everyone burst into a fit of laughter.

The auction proceeded, and people were bidding like crazy.

"The next item on the list is a painting by one of our finest painters in the country. Its ....."

[Ding! Urgent mission issued!]

Diamond nearly cursed the supporting system the moment it appeared unexpectedly without any warning.

[Acquire the painting at all costs!] It mechanically said before disappearing.

Diamond closed her eyes as she took a deep breath. The system just dropped a mission, but didn’t even mention any rewards.

How could it be stingy?

Anyway, since it was urgent, she could only play along. It didn’t take long before she opened her eyes and pressed the button.

Just like that, Diamond joined in the bidding war.

"Sis, you like paintings?"

"Hehe, they look pretty. Don’t they?" Diamond responded with a playful mirth as she continued to bid for the painting, which was now priced at a crazy price of A$20 million.

When the twins heard that. They chuckled helplessly. Could someone buy something for such a crazy amount just because they were pretty?

Anyway, the money wasn’t theirs. So, they cheered for Diamond as she continued to increase the bid.

At the same time, thanks to the appearance of the supporting system. She was reminded that she had been given a mission to acquire the dagger of suffering.

’Was it going to appear last?’ she couldn’t help but wonder.

The bidding war lasted for a while and in the end, Diamond won the painting for a whooping price of A$25 million.

{Ding! You have successfully acquired the painting. You will be rewarded with a cash rebate card.}

A smile finally formed on her face when she heard about the reward. At least she didn’t waste her money for nothing.

After the painting, several more items were auctioned, and they were grabbed very quickly.

These people made the whole thing look as if people were buying products at the market.

It was as if they were buying cheap things when everyone was literally spending millions.

It was a sight to see.

If Diamond were poor. Her self-esteem could have been blown. Thankfully, it was no longer the case.

She was part of the people who were buying goods at the market, and the process was thrilling.

She freaking loved it.

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