Chapter Seventeen- “The Highest Bid”.
Isabella Montague.
I ended up buying the Melodie d’Aurore, English name, Aurora Melody at the auction for fifteen million dollars. A lot of money huh? I know, but none of that crossed my mind when I sat in that auction room, watching with a passive expression as the auction on it started at twenty-five thousand dollars, it being the main piece for the exhibition.
I pressed my thumbnail into my index finger, my head tilted to the side slightly, my legs crossed and my spine straightened as my eyes lazily watched almost everyone interested in it. They rose the stakes slowly, each willing to place the highest.
“Melodie d’Aurore painting by artist BR going for 4.5 million dollars…can I get a higher bid? Going once…going twice…” I extended my hand, my
