Chapter 492

Hearing the final sale price, Linda gaped. Had the value of money suddenly changed? Although Linda could also afford that amount of money, pulling around such a large sum all at once was another story. "Are you surprised by the high price of the final bid?" Luke noticed Linda's brief shock. Linda nodded. "I don't know much about jewelry, but I feel like a deep emerald bangle shouldn't cost that much. When Linda married William, Camellia gifted her a bangle that would be priceless today. Perhaps she had likely been exposed to the best bangle, so seeing this one made her feel it wasn't worth the price. "You're right—the bangle is not worth that much, but they've raised the price, and it's out of our control," Luke admitted. He understood the market value, but there was little he could do. Most people here had come not just to buy but to form connections. Buying a high-end piece at an internal auction was as much about networking as the item itself. This kind of bridge-building ma