Betrothed To The Mafia Lord by Josephine Ivy Chapter 33

Chapter 33

Luca’s POV This first and final level was inderd tough like Hayley had explained the lowest piece of jewelry that has gone for the cheapest price was the earrings and that has gone for one and a half million dollars after over fifteen people wedbirgaining for it all at once. The wrist watch ended up going to man sitting a seat away from mine, and it ended up going for two million dolla

I watched aromany stood up to the waist bend it was one and a hall million at bist, because it consisted of a lot of diamond crafted into beads hos hence the price Over Twenty people started bargaining for it and it finally got handed to a man whose malawasnt all that far from mine although we were not in good times or as long as I could remember I ended up going for lour million dollars

And now we are currently in the top three

The remaining items consist of the pyramid shaped gem, a diamond ring and the tiny chain

James nudged my arm and I leaned into him instantly to listen to wherever he was saying, “This is where you’ll come in this particular moment is ours” It really is igreed with him immediately while tuning out the noises around us due to Jake flirting with that same man once again 1 am gonna be going for the pyramid shaped gem, it looks like the most priced and what I want to purchase” i murmured to James who stared at the vaid ger before nodding his head without taking his eyes over the three remaining items.

ve got this I said to him as I leaned back into my seat and prepared myself for when it was going to be time for me to stand and bargain

I wasn’t nervous

Nervousness was the last thing on my mind, I never feel nervous

I was used to carefully planning everything I do and every plan I make… unlike James, that was one of the characteristics that differentiate us. James, on the other hand was the kind of person that is bound to put off planning since he knows how to just go with the flow of things without any problem. 1 could never do that. I was already used to planning ahead, analyzing my steps and going through my plans over and over in my head. Our different preferences favored us differently, so it was both fine by us. “And now we’re going to start the main top three rounds by taking out the thin necklace” Hayley said loudly into the microphone and the murmurs in the crowd subdued almost immediately. I watched as she unhooked the necklace and hooked it around Jake’s neck The cameras zoomed in on him, showing his face and swealy throat which the thin necklace clung unto, on the wall behind them and as expected, the crowd went wild. At this point, they didn’t care if he was gay and didn’t play for their team, all they knew and cared about was that he was drop dead gorgeous and that alone was making them go crazy “Do you all see the baby? Hayley screamed into the microphone with his hand against the necklace, on Jake’s throat and the crowd screamed in reply Havley leaned against Jake as laughter shook through her body. Jake himself was barely holding his amusement together. “You know what? I love how everyone is appreciating Jake so much it makes me so happy, really Hayley said into the microphone after a little while once the crowd started to get quiet and then everyone stopped talking and watched them closely “And because of the amount of love and affection you’ve shown him today, I’m going to let someone from the crowd stand up and call a price they feel the necklace, against Jake’s throat, is worth Aman stood up from our side of the crowd and all eyes turned into our direction almost instantly. I turned around in my seat and looked the person up from the corner of my eyes, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this man right here before

Three million dollars The man said and the crowd went loud, screaming and talking all at once I knew without a doubt that I was going to develop a head at later today. The glass of wine distributed to us ever since we got here was still untouched on my table, like James’ We do not accept food or drinks from everyone, most especially people we don’t know. Anything could be in it, either to kill us, make us drowsy or fall asleep, giving them a much better and easier access to us Prevention is way better and advisable than cure, and we’ve both sticked to this phrase ever since we knew about it.

Whoaaaaaaaaaaa! That’s a lot, don’t you think so?” Hayley started to say before directing the last question to the crowd and a murmur rose almost immediately before another man got to his feet and raised his hand slightly

think it’s a bn cheap, how about three and a half million dollars?” The crowd went berserk and Jake only stared into the crowd with a wide grin, looking genuinely shocked and flabbergasted all at once. How about fout million? A woman stood up and called out from the other side of the crowd and everyone turned around to stare at her as she waved di Jate who wa.ed back with a wide grin “Four million going! Hayley called out and the crowd roared along with her. “Going” She called out again and again before finally selling it to the woman who had a wide grin on her face it was nice to itt a Worrian win this one against two men They moved in the second tern on the bst which ended up going for seven million dollars, after so much bargain that is

And how it was finally fine for the pytallid shaped diamond

Finally, we’ve arrived at the very last itern of today and the most prized of them all” Jake started saying this time as picked up the piece they were relerring to and Wted if high up in the all the camera toomed in onit, and the surface alone was so shiny and gleaming despite the fact that it was in a than transparent for covering

“That’s really by mali” James leaned into my side to murmur and i nodded my head absentimindedly without taking my eyes off the exquisite diamond

“This is called bloon” Hayley blarted to say into the microphone and the crowd suddenly grew quiet After a few minutes, she continued “It’s one of the fare pieces that has been passed down from generation to generations because to some weird lessons, the news experts had tried remaking and creating more replicas of it.couritesses, but it just never turned out this way

is a really huge diamond which countless bloods had been spilled for because of their stupid greed which had led them into thinking they could be able to steal it from their owners, back then in the days” Jake took up liom wiele Hayley stopped immediately, spitting his own facts out without any

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and the man who had stood up first, increased the price with a million without hesitating

7 slowly on 10 myter and I didn’t red to glance around to tell that everyone was watching mrie pointedly at the moment A murmur rose up almost im e ly and in a lot of people in the crowd recognized me immediately

Twenty million dollars. I called out quietly and watched as Jake’s mouth hung open for a few seconds before he went back into character and waved i mic intal for a low Sonds

Twenty milhon who Hayley breathed into the mic and a laugh echoed around the crowd. 7m son I’m pomy Hayley apologiæd immediately before continuing “Going to Mica” Jake called out and the whole crowd grew quiet immediately, I had no idea the Jake dude knew who I was, but I guess it was because was pretty popular Now, those people who only knew my name without knowing what I actually looked like, would have gotten a good look at

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Going Going – Jake called out before finally raising the diamond up, and this time, it was in a large cube shaped package, with the top still open, in order to still give the crowd a nice view of the diamond,

Sold To Mi Ricc!” Jake called out and the whole crowd went crazy immediately I snorted and glanced down at James who had a grin on his face He shooed lightly and winked at me, a move which made me roll my eyes as I slowly sank into the seat beside him once again. The crowd was yet to OLM down and I knew everyone was no doubt impressed out of their mind, the exact reaction was aimed to get in the first place.

The crowd took some time to quieten down and I knew without a doubt that not everyone here in the crowd was a crowd, more than half of them are probably or most definitely enemies. And those who had only heard about me for a while before acting getting the opportunity to set their eyes on me Today migh: be impressed as fuck or might instantly grow a deep jealousy for me, in their hearts But that’s their businesses and problems

Jake and Hayley started giving an appreciative speech once the crowd finally grew quiet and James leaned into me the next instant, You’re growing more popular day after day, bro” He said and I shrugged with a small grin tugging at the sides of my lips

Yest guess I was

To thank you were the last to stand up, I was almost thinking you were starting to lose your touch on crowds for a moment back there.” James said with a laugh and shook my head while answering his observation “Nah, it’s working just fine. A little too fine, if you ask me.”

mean I’ve undoubtedly created over a thousand more enemies right here today” I reminded him and his face took on an unknown look for a few Secono: before he replied, Yeah, sadly”

YOU TO you’re bound to get more enernies from another place, even if this occasion didn’t occur, one way or the other. It’s for a good cause because we did achieve something really good here today, a few more enemies won’t hurt

We left the auction premises a good thirty minutes after the occasion ended, because everyone wanted to make transactions, collect receipts and acourte feit datteterit purchased accessories jaries and get ushered into an office where we were offered seats and a drink, which we refused politely The jewelry go g hed by three men who later got introduced to me as the group of men that buys diamonds from people Surprisingly after it got weighed it got bought back from us for Twenty five million dollars, making it extra

Jatet but want bluting werte said people earns from reselling it to these set of people, a lot of people definitely didn’t know about this, it not they d toraca w 10 ever Lorrow some money from people just to be able to get one of the accessones, resell it and take the extra added money as

People are greedy like that