Chapter 11

Soon, the charity auction officially started. Several antiques were sold one after another, and all of them were sold at high prices. “The next lot is a diamond necklace donated by Miss Nelson! The starting price is only 1 dollar,” said the auctioneer. From a distance, the diamond necklace was very dazzling and beautiful! Lexie’s gaze became heated. She put her arms around Shaun’s arm and said coquettishly, “Honey, I happen to need a necklace for the engagement party in a few days. Can you buy this for me?” “No problem. I will offer one million!” Shaun immediately raised his hand, then turned around and looked at Marcus, who was not far away. “Marcus, are you seeing this? I’m spending one million like it’s nothing. And you are just a sugar baby that depends on women. You look so well-off just now, but you probably kneel for rich women like a dog at night, right? Hahaha!” The presumptuous laughter resounded throughout the room. Marcus frowned, feeling pissed. ‘Do you think I’m weak if I don’t show my strength?’ If he did not want to wait until the engagement party to get back at this couple, he would have already dealt with Shaun! “Marcus, do you want to teach him a lesson?” Anna asked suddenly. “What do you mean?” Marcus asked. “You can bid for me. Raise the price.” Anna smiled like a little fox. “Huh?” Marcus was taken aback for a moment. Then, he reacted immediately. The auctioneer said before that this diamond necklace was donated by Miss Nelson, which must be Anna! However, Shaun did not know her at all, and now, Anna was asking Marcus to raise the price to trick Shaun. “Two million!” After Marcus heard him, he immediately bid. “Three million!” Shaun raised his card again. “Five million!” The next second, Marcus raised the price again. “Um…” Shaun suddenly hesitated. “Lexie, forget it. It’s not worth spending so much money on an unbranded necklace!” “No! I want this necklace! Honey, you can’t lose to that piece of trash Marcus, can you?” Lexie insisted. Marcus also added fuel to the fire. “What? Shaun, you don’t have any more money anymore? It seems that you haven’t been doing well these past three years!” Shaun suddenly became furious. “You punk. Don’t think you’re off the hook! I will play with you to the end today! Six million!” “Nine million!” Marcus said insipidly. “Ten million!” Dazed with anger, Shaun shouted a sky-high price. This was already all the cash in his card. If Marcus added more, he would have to give up. Unexpectedly, Marcus stopped bidding at the next moment. Bang! After a while, the auctioneer banged on the auction gavel. “Congratulations to the gentleman over there for bidding on this diamond necklace for ten million!” Soon, Shaun put the diamond necklace around Lexie’s neck. “Honey, thank you!” Lexie was ecstatic and beaming. The next moment, Shaun glared at Marcus fiercely again. He looked arrogant, as if he had won a battle. “Marcus, weren’t you all that just now? But in the end, I still got the diamond necklace! If you want to compete with me for wealth, you still have a long way to go!” “Hahaha!” Marcus burst out laughing suddenly. “Shaun, you are such an idiot. You don’t even know you’ve been taken advantage of!” “What did you say?” Shaun was stunned. He did not know what happened. At this time, Anna stood up and looked at Shaun as if he was an idiot. “I donated the necklace just now. Although it has a unique shape, it uses artificial diamonds and is only worth a few tens of thousands of dollars, so that’s why the starting price was only set at one dollar! “And you actually spent ten million to buy something worth only tens of thousands of dollars. You are so stupid! Shaun, thank you for donating to the disabled. They will definitely thank you!” … ‘What?’ After he heard that, Shaun was stunned. He thought he had won the battle and got a good deal, but he did not expect to be tricked into spending ten million in vain! It turned out that he was the clown. “Hehe!” Marcus chuckled coldly. Then, he looked at Lexie and said, “This necklace is a second-hand item my friend didn’t want, but you treat it as a treasure and want to wear it to the engagement party. How embarrassing.” “Marcus, are you kidding me?” Lexie blushed with anger. She felt like the diamond necklace around her neck was like a shackle of shame and was suffocating her. “Damn it! You punk! How dare you two collude to trick me? No! I want to return the product!” Shaun gritted his teeth and wanted to go back on his word. “Hmph!” Marcus sneered and retorted. “Shaun, you bid on it yourself. We didn’t force you to! You are so blind that you can’t tell the authenticity of the item, so who can you blame?” At this time, the manager of the auction house came over and looked at Shaun with a straight face. “Sir, your bet is finalized, so you can’t return it. If you continue to make trouble for no reason, we will blacklist you, and we won’t welcome you here again!” “I…: Shaun opened his mouth, but in the end, he could only choose to swallow his anger. After all, this auction house had a strong background, and he could not afford to offend them. In the next moment, he turned his head to look at Marcus with a sinister look in his eyes. “It’s just ten million. I have the money! “Marcus, I have to thank you. Three years ago, your father James was burned to death, and you were imprisoned, so Four Oceans Corporation fell into my hands! “The money I just spent was all from the books of Four Oceans Corporation, so it won’t matter if I spend tens of millions more! Hahaha!” Marcus was furious seeing Shaun’s disgusting face. He said coldly, “You scoundrel. You won’t be able to be so arrogant in a few days! Soon, I will take back Four Oceans Corporation with my own hands, and I will make you kneel and kowtow before my father and sister’s grave to repent!” “Tch!” Shaun was disdainful. He said, “Kid, even if you have the backing of a rich woman, you can't get back Four Oceans Corporation! Listen, I have found a big backer, and I will soon enter the real upper-class society of the East Sea!” “What backing?” Marcus asked curiously. “The wealthy Lincoln family!” Shaun raised his voice to show off. “The Lincoln family are hotel tycoons, and they rank among the top ten families in the East Sea in terms of wealth! “I have invited Jane Lincoln, the eldest daughter of the Lincoln family, to Lexie and my engagement party next week, and she promised to attend! “At that time, I will be on the Lincoln family’s good side. It will be as easy as crushing an ant if I wanted to crush a good-for-nothing like you!” … For a moment, Marcus and Anna had strange expressions on their faces. They wanted to laugh but were holding back. At the end of the day, Shaun’s so-called backer was Jane! If he knew that Jane’s fiance was Marcus, whom he despised, what kind of expression would he have on his face? “Shaun, I’ll give you a piece of advice. I’m the owner of Dynasty Hotel now, so no matter who you turn to, you won’t be able to host the engagement party, and you will only be a laughing stock!” Marcus said proudly. “Marcus, do you still want to be stubborn at this time? Well, you should say this in front of Miss Jane Lincoln when the time comes. We’ll see if you have the courage. Let’s wait and see.” After saying that, Shaun took Lexie and walked out of the auction house. Marcus looked at their backs, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a playful smile. He could not wait. He hoped that the day of the engagement would come soon so he could slap this couple in the face!