The words left Paula speechless.
She wanted to come up with more excuses, but every excuse seemed futile and fell apart under Aurelia's sharp questioning.
It was Chandler and Hector who had raised the auction price, yet Paula hadn't said a word to them. Instead, she shifted all the blame onto Aurelia.
It was clear that she was targeting Aurelia specifically.
The crowd caught on to what was going down. "Misunderstanding? My ass. She did it on purpose. She can't mess with Mr. Chesterfield and Mr. Zimmerman, so she takes it out on Ms. Dotton."
"Damn, she had me fooled. I thought she was genuinely defending Ms. Kristen's work, but she had this malicious intent all along."
"This woman is terrifying, pretending to be righteous while stabbing people in the back."
"So hypocritical, acting a
