Alaric's face darkened. His thin lips were pressed together as he thought, If Lyra was willing to pay 9 million dollars for that painting, then 10 million dollars wouldn't be a problem either. She held back, not because she couldn't afford it, but because she had simply given up. She did it on purpose!
However, Alaric couldn't say anything. After all, no one had forced Celia to follow Lyra's suggestion and take the painting. Celia had done it willingly.
Aurora remained calm and didn't bid on any other auction items.
Alaric was only interested in bidding for the antique rosewood chair, so he stayed silent.
The next item was a pair of jadeite stones offered by Rosy on behalf of Bloodhowl Corporation. The starting price was 2 million dollars.
Aurora sniffed lightly and shook
