Chapter 487

Chapter 487 She Is So Fierce

When Ziggy acquired a high grade gemstone a few years ago, Jim had handed him a huge investment,allowing him to open such a shop.

With the backing of the Carnegies, the performance of the shop rose exponentially, making it the mostprofitable shop in the Carnegie Family.

Is this woman trying to acquire the shop?

However, Elise was able to see through his thoughts immediately.

“Stop thinking about it. I don’t want your shop,” she uttered. “However, I’m interested in your staff. If I win,I will get to choose any of your staff members in the shop. What do you say?”

Puzzled by her words, Ziggy couldn’t help but furrow his brows.

I don’t recall anyone in the shop being outstanding. What is this woman aiming at?

“If you are afraid of a bet, you can always admit defeat.” Elise provoked him in a strange tone.

As expected, he fell for it instantly. “Who says that I’m afraid? It’s a deal. I won’t even bat an eyelash ifyou asked for the entire shop, let alone someone who works there!”

“Fine. I’ll just take the entire shop then!” Elise said with confidence.

“You—” Ziggy didn’t expect her to be so confident with herself, so it became hard for him to step awayfrom the challenge. Since he had already said what he said, he couldn’t embarrass the entire CarnegieFamily in front of everyone. Therefore, he withdrew his curses and began to put on a show. “Just youwait and see!”

After that, he left with his subordinates.

Not long after, Melody went up to Elise and asked in a concerned tone, “Miss Sinclair, are you actuallyfamiliar with stone gambling?”

“I know nothing about it.” Elise smiled uncaringly.

In truth, she only had a superficial understanding of stone gambling.

Upon hearing that, Kenneth quickly walked up to her. “Miss Sinclair, if you are willing to ask me, I won’tmind helping you once more.”

She immediately gave him a sharp glare. “If you want to keep your dignity, you better stay away from mein the future.”

After that, she left without looking back.

Standing at the same spot, Kenneth shook his head silently. “She is so fierce…”

Even though he was ridiculing her, he couldn’t help but reveal a delighted smile.

Feeling a chilling sense behind her back, Melody turned around and shivered when she noticed hissmile. “Boss, you do know that your smile is terrifying, right?”

In the end, Elise found Tom among the crowd.

“Miss Ander—” Before he could finish his words, he was met with Elise’s murderous gaze, so he quicklycorrected himself. “Miss Elise, are you alright? I heard that someone was causing trouble at the party. Iwas looking around for you!”

“I’m fine.” She placed her hand on his shoulder. “Do you know who Tina Baker is?”

Tom froze. Upon seeing that, Elise smiled knowingly. As expected, he actually knows who she is.

Time passed and the gem auction event was around the corner.

Although the event was held every year, because of the God’s Chosen Girl incident last year, countlesspeople who dreamed of being rich overnight suddenly had hope. Therefore, many people had come tothe event, wishing to be the next ‘chosen one’ and climb to the top of the social ladder.

At 10 AM, Elise and Tom entered the venue.

When they arrived at the entrance, they got a glimpse of the gemstones of different sizes displayed oneach side of the hall.

Tom instantly became obsessed with the dazzling rows of gemstones displayed, and he felt as though hewas in heaven as he glided into the hall.

“This is my first time seeing such a sight. The quality of these gemstones are so different!” he exclaimedwhile his eyes lit up.

Just as Elise was about to tease him with a smile, the mocking voice of a man was heard behind them.

“Are you really saying that these are gemstones of good quality? The reason why you can touch and seeit is because they are just playthings that are not worthy of joining the hall of honor. The real treasure hasnot been taken out yet, and only that is considered as one of the rarest treasures in the world.”

The man looked at Tom, as if the latter was a clown, before his lascivious gaze landed on Elise.

By his voice alone, she could instantly recognize that it was Ziggy, so she didn’t even bother to turnaround.

Instead, she followed Tom around the hall to check on the gemstones.

All of a sudden, Elise’s gaze locked onto a direction.

“Tom!” She nudged him before lifting her chin and pointing in the direction she was looking at. “Lookcarefully—what do you think about those gemstones?”

Bewildered, he looked and saw the dozens of gemstones of all sizes stacked over each other, but hecouldn’t see what was so special with them.

Behind him, Ziggy chuckled. “Pretty girl, didn’t anyone tell you that the exquisite gemstones won’t bedisplayed in the outer hall? Even if you are the God’s Chosen Girl, you will replace that all the exquisitestones come from the inner hall. Do you seriously think that you can compete with me when it comes tothis? By the looks of it, the two of us are destined to be together in bed!”

However, Elise ignored him and dragged Tom over to the pile of gemstones. “Look at them carefully.”

Although he agreed with what Ziggy said, Elise was now his boss and he couldn’t defy her, so he had nochoice but to pick up the gemstones one by one obediently to have a look.

Meanwhile, Elise did not waste her time, and she kept on reciting in her mind the trick that the old mangave her while scanning through all the gemstones nearby. Occasionally, she would pick them up andweigh them in her hand.

Most of the people who attended the gem auction would rush into the inner hall immediately in search ofthat gemstone which would grant them a fortune overnight. The people in the outer hall were just there to

pass the time and chat with each other. Almost no one was interested in the gemstones displayed oneach side.

Therefore, Elise and Tom, who were seriously examining the gemstones, easily stood out from the rest.

“Are those two that inexperienced? Everyone knows that the gemstones aren’t that much different fromthe stones you pick up beside the road. It’ll be easier for them to just pick a stone on the side of theroad!”

“I heard that this woman has a bet with Ziggy. I reckon that she has lost her mind. Everyone knows thatthe Carnegie Family is in a hot streak this year, and I heard that they have a secret weapon on hand. Ican’t believe she agreed to the bet given how far apart their abilities are. If it was me, I would neveragree to it!”

“A secret weapon? Could it be…”

“Let’s not make any judgments first. Maybe she is also another God’s Chosen Girl. Ha!”

As they continued with their conversation, Elise, who was standing in a corner, suddenly carried asecond-hand gemstone in her hand and walked toward the person responsible for registration. “I wantthis. Please register it for me. Thank you.”

Immediately, the onlookers were rendered speechless.

She is too hasty! How could she make such a decision without thinking it through? Does she think this isa game?

Even the person in charge of registration couldn’t help but look at her strangely, but he still completed theregistration professionally.

At the moment, almost half of the people in the hall felt sorry for Elise. She really doesn’t have the talentfor this, does she?

They were sure that the gemstone she chose wouldn’t lead to anything good.

While Elise calmly watched the staff member record the gemstone she chose, a figure suddenlyappeared next to her.

“Miss Sinclair, I believe I should explain to you that all the gemstones in the outer hall are low gradestones. There isn’t much chance of getting a high grade jadeite from them.”

This time, Elise was a little surprised, because this wasn’t the first time Melody had tried to help her.

Is she now beyond saving? Not only can she tolerate her man’s philandering, she can also accept andprotect the woman her man actually loves.

“Thank you, but I believe that no stone or person should be judged while under uncertainty. Until the lastmoment, no one can say for sure that this gemstone has no value at all,” Elise said in a calm tone. Eventhough her voice wasn’t loud, the onlookers around her could hear her every word clearly.

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