Reborn as the Sweetheart of a Paranoid Boss-Chapter 330: The Gilded Den on the Sea

He became famous as a young prodigy but suddenly passed away at the age of thirty-five.

The world lamented the untimely death of Alves.

This ’Praying Angel’ was his last work before he passed.

People intended to bury it with Alves, but the day before the burial, the statue mysteriously disappeared.

The incident shocked everyone outside the Southern Domain.

Later, this statue only occasionally appeared in various rumors.

Who would have thought it would end up in the hands of the Colombo Family?

The bidding below had entered a fevered pitch.

"Bid from Box 34 on the first floor, eight million US Dollars!"

Eight million US Dollars, which is equivalent to over fifty million RMB...

"Tsk, aren’t the guys on the second floor going to make a move?"

Hughes’ voice came from behind.

Selena Kensington turned her head, "Eight million US Dollars, isn’t that enough?"

Hughes and Sterling Norwood exchanged a glance and smiled, "Sister-in-law, do you know the Santa Maria has another name?"

Selena honestly shook her head, "I don’t know."

Sterling looked at her and spoke, "The Floating Palace of Gold."

Hughes nodded at the side, "That’s right. This ’Praying Angel’ can only rank in the middle to lower range among all the auction items. I estimate the final price won’t exceed twenty million US Dollars."

Selena’s mouth dropped slightly. Twenty million US Dollars? That’s over a hundred million RMB...

It really is... a Floating Palace of Gold!

"Do you like it?"

Sterling asked her.

Selena quickly shook her head, "No, no, no, stop that thought!"

Although Selena is a spendthrift, she couldn’t possibly spend over a hundred million just to buy a useless statue...

After stopping Sterling’s actions, Selena gazed down again.

"Bid from Box 2 on the second floor, twelve million US Dollars!"

Selena slightly leaned her head to look over there. They were in Room 5, and Room 2 wasn’t far from them.

After all, there were only ten rooms on the second floor.

Seeing the people on the second floor start to act, those bidding on the first floor gradually lessened.

But quite a few wealthy individuals continued to compete.

"Bid from Box 48 on the first floor, twelve and a half million US Dollars!"

"Bid from Box 7 on the second floor, fourteen million US Dollars!"

"Bid from Box 48 on the first floor, fourteen and a half million US Dollars!"

"Bid from Box 2 on the second floor... sixteen million US Dollars!!"

This price was already very close to Hughes’ earlier estimate of twenty million US Dollars...

The auctioneer below, holding the gavel, shouted excitedly, "Bid from Box 7 on the second floor, seventeen million US Dollars!"

"Are there any more bids?! If not, after three strikes, this ’Praying Angel’ will belong to the guest in Box 7 on the second floor!"

Many in the hall were whispering among themselves, and everyone maintained silence.

"First strike!" 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞

The auctioneer tapped the gavel once.

"Seco... oh! Bid from Box 2 on the second floor, eighteen million US Dollars!!!"

The second strike was about to go down, but the auctioneer saw the screen next to him had refreshed with a new number.

He immediately stopped his action.

"Any more bids?!"

"...Congratulations to the guest in Box 2 on the second floor for winning this ’Praying Angel’!"

Seeing no one else bid, the auctioneer dropped the gavel three times, indicating that the statue had finally been sold for eighteen million US Dollars.

"Eighteen million..."

Selena murmured.

This really was the kind of auction only the truly wealthy could afford.

Selena lowered her head, flipping through the catalog in her hands.

"...Hmm?"

Selena’s gaze fixed on the next auction item.

It was a pendant crafted from an emerald, named ’Gift of the Goddess’.