Sorry for Your Loss, It's Me, I'm the Loss novel Chapter 381

Yolanda’s gaze remained fixed on them, a chilling coldness in her eyes.

"Vonnie." Bennett spoke to Yvonne, but when she didn't respond, he habitually reached out and gently tapped the tip of her nose. "What are you looking at? You didn't even hear me talking to you."

"Your ex-girlfriend and ex-mother-in-law are here," Yvonne said.

Bennett cast an indifferent glance toward the Walker mother and daughter before looking away, his voice devoid of emotion as he simply said, "I see."

Soon after, the auction began.

The host and staff took the stage, and the LED screen started displaying the items up for bid.

The initial lots were all antique paintings and calligraphy. Yvonne wasn't interested, and Bennett couldn't be bothered to bid.

The Thompson family estate had a villa dedicated to their collection, and Frank's antiques and paintings filled an entire floor. Unless it was a rare masterpiece, the Thompsons rarely showed much interest.

Yolanda and Mrs. Walker also refrained from bidding; it seemed they were just there to fill seats and observe.

About halfway through the auction, a jade bracelet that Yvonne liked came up for bidding. It was a top-quality nephrite jade, flawless and milky-white with a warm luster.

Such perfect, high-grade jade bracelets were a rare sight on the market, hence the steep starting price of fifty thousand dollars.

"Fifty thousand."

"Fifty-two thousand."

"Fifty-five thousand."

Bids started coming in one after another.

"Sixty thousand." Bennett casually raised his paddle.

"Sixty-two thousand." Yolanda immediately followed suit.

"Sixty-five thousand."

"Sixty-eight thousand." Other bidders continued to compete.

"Eighty thousand." Bennett raised his paddle again.

Yolanda was about to raise her paddle without thinking when Mrs. Walker firmly pressed her hand down.

"Yolanda, stop this nonsense," Mrs. Walker reprimanded her with a stern face.

Yolanda was blinded by jealousy, but Mrs. Walker was thinking clearly. Given their public profile, spending hundreds of thousands on a bracelet at an auction would likely attract a visit from the ethics committee the very next day.

Although Yolanda didn't raise her paddle again, her expression was ugly, a clear sign of her displeasure.

In the end, Bennett won the bracelet for Yvonne for two hundred thousand dollars.

Later, Bennett also won a jade dragon charm and a pair of jade calabash earrings that Yvonne had her eye on.

Every time Bennett bid, Yolanda would follow, deliberately driving up the price.

After all, money was the one thing the billionaire Thompson family had in abundance.

Yolanda was so furious that the hand holding her paddle wouldn't stop trembling.