Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress by Vera Fiore

Chapter 181 Thalia's words had planted a seed of doubt in Sienna's mind.

After leaving the law firm, Sienna made inquiries among her social dirde, only to discover that Ashcroft Group was indeed in serious trouble, Apparently, the company's largest shareholder had already liquidated their shares, leaving Drake to handle what had beca complete mess.

Sienna frowned.

No wonder Drake had been so busy lately, always looking exhausted as if he hadn't had a proper night's sleep in days, Could Ashcroft Group survive this crisis? If the Ashcroft family truly went bankrupt, wouldn't marrying Drake be like jumping into a fire pit? She'd need to observe the situation further. If Ashcroft Group really was on the verge of collapse, then perhaps this child shouldn't be born after all.

On Wednesday evening, Thalia attended an auction.

Upon arriving at the venue, she was surprised to see Asher there.

He typically wouldn't attend such events in person, usually sending an assistant to handle any bidding on his behalf.

Thalia hadn't expected to encounter him here.

Dressed in a black shirt and trousers, Asher exuded an aura of cool elegance. A crowd had gathered around him, everyone eager to engage him in conversation.

The Blackwood heir was always the center of attention wherever he went.

Thalia merely glanced at him briefly before looking away.

Asher spotted Thalia and immediately made his way through the crowd toward her.

"Lia," Asher approached her quickly. “You're here for the auction as well?" He had cspecifically because he'd had his eye on several items in this evening's catalog 07:53 Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress 98.900 The auction featured an exquisite collection of fine jewelry.

He wanted to personally acquire spieces to give to Thalia.

Ruperi had the siden As Rupert approached to greet them, Asher's expression immediately darkened. "What are you doing here?" Rupert similed courteously. "What a small world." Thalia nodded. "You two carry on. I'll head inside." Rupert quickly said, "I'll join you." Asher gave a cold snort and followed Thalia into the main auction hall.

The auction began shortly.

Thalia had her eye on a pair of sapphire earrings with a starting price of £500,000.

She immediately raised her paddle. “£600,000.” Seeing Thalia's interest in the earrings, Rupert joined the bidding.

He wanted to purchase them as a gift for her. "£700,000." Asher followed without hesitation. "£1 million." He had increased the bid by £300,000, clearly determined to win.

Thalia glanced in Asher's direction, her brow furrowing.

Other bidders joined in. “£1.2 million." "£1.3 million." "£1.4 million." Rupert: "£1.6 million." Asher: "£2 million." Thalia had already stopped bidding.

Rupert and Asher were now locked in their own personal battle.

After Asher's £2 million bid, Rupert immediately raised his paddle without hesitation. “£2.2 million." 07:53 Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress 99.0% Chapter 181 Asher curled his lip coldly. "C2.5 million." Rupert: "...

This had gone beyond mere bidding-Asher was now being deliberately antagonistic.

Seeing the two men locked in competition. Thalia instantly lost interest in the sapphire earrings.

Rupert continued: "£2.6 million." Asher: "£2.8 million." Rupert glanced at Thalia.

Seeing her expression-disinterested and impassive-he realized she had lost interest in the earrings and decided not to continue bidding.

In the end, the earrings, which had started at £500,000, were acquired by Asher for £2.8 million.

The next item was an exquisite jade bracelet.

Thalia seemed quite taken with this piece as well.

The starting price was £5 million.

Thalia bid: "£5.2 million." Others in the hall began raising thei "£5.3 million." paddles.

"£5.4 million." "£5.5 million." The price quickly rose to £6 million.

Thalia, finding it tiresto keep bidding, decided to wait until the bidding slowed down before making another offer.

However, at that moment, Rupert suddenly called out: "£7 million." Rupert had noticed Thalia's interest in the bracelet. Since Asher had claimed the earrings, he intended to get this jade bracelet for her instead.

07.53 Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress 99.1% Chap 18) No sooner hout fuperi spoken don Asher's rold Voice Fang mur: "48 million." Even the suctioneer was visibly started-compone had just increased the bid by 1 million in one go! The auctioners could barely contain his smile as he announced: "The current bid stands at £3 million. Do I hear any advance on CB million? Rupert's eyes darkened. "To million." Ashey didn't hesitate for a second. "E10 million." People throughout the room turned to look. Asher's expression remained unchanged, maintaining his customary cool demeanor.

Rupert also remained composed. "£11 million." Asher's lips curled into a cold smile. "£15 million." Thalia was growing irritated by the spectacle.

What was wrong with these two? Why were they relentlessly driving up the prices on everything she showed interest in? Even if money wasn't an issue, this sort of extravagance was absurd.

Rupert persisted in his competition with Asher. "£16 million." Asher calmly raised his paddle. "£20 million." Rupert thought to himself: Fine, if you want to throw your money away, the bracelet is yours. The color is too old-fashioned anyway-not suitable for Thalia.

And so, the jade bracelet was ultimately acquired by Asher for £20 million.

Thalia was on the verge of exploding.

The next three auction items didn't particularly interest her.

Then cthe necklace she had been most eager to acquire.

Thalia took out her phone and called Asher.

When Asher saw the incoming call, his heart leapt with joy. It had been ages since Thalia had called him of n her own accord. A smile spread across his face, his eyes reflecting his delight.

07:54 Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress 99.2% Chapter 181 However, as soon as he answered, he was met with a furious tirade.

His smile froze instantly.

He had miscalculated badly.

He'd been bidding on those items to please Thalia, but instead, he'd only angered her.

Asher felt a surprising twinge of guilt.

He lowered his voice, speaking soothingly: "I'm I'm sorry, darling. I won't bid recklessly anymore." "Be quiet," Thalia fumed. "And who are you calling 'darling'?" "You, of course." The moment Asher finished speaking, the call abruptly ended.

Thalia had hung up on him.

This time, Asher obediently refrained from bidding.

Rupert noticed Asher's unusual behavior and looked toward Thalia.

Seated diagonally in front of her, not far away, he could clearly see her expression.

She looked furious.

Was it because their competitive bidding had disrupted the auction's proceedings? Asher's bidding had certainly been unreasonable.

Realizing this, Rupert astutely put down his bidding paddle and ceased participating.

Thalia finally succeeded in acquiring the necklace she wanted.

As the auction concluded, she rose and headed directly toward the exit.

Asher hurried after her.

"Lia, wait." Thalia didn't slow her pace, walking straight out of the hall to the open-air car park.

By the tRupert caught up, Thalia was already arguing with Asher.

"Asher, when did you becso childish?" Thalia's eyes flashed with anger. "Must you always compete with 07:54 Your Gold Digger is Actually A True Heiress 99.39% Chapter 181 Rupert? He's already made it perfectly clear that he has no romantic interest in me!” Hearing these words, Rupert stopped a short distance away from them.

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