I Have Never Been Your First Choice novel Chapter 396

Chapter 396.

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Charlotte turned her head a bit, “Weren’t you pretty happy when Caroline called you

that?”

Maybe because she mentioned Caroline, Jaxson tightened his grip on her palm, and he lowered his head and bit her on the shoulder and neck.

Charlotte cried out in pain and struggled in his arms, “Jaxson, let go!”

He let go, lowered his voice, “I liked it better when you called me sweetheart.”

She froze for a few seconds and smiled coldly, “How come I didn’t know you liked it? Was I saying it to a dog before?”

His expression got a bit serious.

Just then, a few items happened to come up on the big screen. Jaxson looked away and led her to the sofa to sit down.

He asked, “Do you like anyone?”

She wasn’t interested, “No.”

Jaxson smiled and said nothing.

The next item up for auction was a ruby necklace. Oval and cushion–cut rubies were set alternately with marquise and round brilliant–cut diamonds. Under the bright lights, it gave off a glossy shine.

Starting price was ten million.

Jaxson called Cynthia and told her to bid twenty million.

Cynthia raised it to twenty million, and most people there more or less gave up. Then someone in the crowd raised the price to thirty million.

There were only two people left bidding in the whole place.

Someone had seen Cynthia, who was Mr. Hamilton’s secretary, and the other man they hadn’t seen before. He was sitting in the auction seats, so he was probably someone’s secretary or assistant too.

The people at the table whispered to each other.

“Who was fighting Mr. Hamilton for the shot?”

“I don’t know, how rich did this person have to be to dare go up against the Hamilton family?”

Jaxson’s fingers tapped on the arm of the sofa, his eyes fixed on the big screen. Cynthia’s voice came from the phone, “Mr. Hamilton, do you want to keep raising the price?”

“Buyout.”

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Cynthia paused for a second, “Mr. Hamilton, do you really want to…

“Yes.”

Seeing his strong attitude, Cynthia knew he was serious.

Just as the auctioneer was about to bring down the hammer, Cynthia made a gesture. The auctioneer paused, and the whole room suddenly burst into an uproar.

Charlotte knew Jaxson had money, but she’d never seen anyone spend it like that before.

Buyout just meant booking the whole place, and the few bosses who knew this behind–the–scenes guy all played along. No one bid on the next few items.

Cynthia looked at the man who had always competed with her. She saw that after he answered the phone, he got up and left. It seemed like the people behind him had given up too.

And in the end, all the items at the scene ended up belonging to Jaxson.

When Cynthia put the bill in front of him, it added up to two hundred million.

He handed over the card without hesitation.

Charlotte glanced at him, “Mr. Hamilton was really loaded, just spent 200 million like that.”

“Not calling him Jaxson now?”

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She straightened her dress and stood up slowly, “You don’t like me being fake, so I won’t pretend anymore.”

He laughed, then stopped, “Where are you going?”

“Go to the bathroom.”

Charlotte walked toward the bathroom, and right at the corner, she just happened to run into Nigel.

She paused and looked at him.

Nigel stood against the wall with his arms crossed, like he was waiting for someone.

She walked over and still said hi, “Mr. Kendall.”

“You never replied to my messages, and you didn’t ask for leave. Were you really not feeling well, or did Jaxson do something to you?”

His eyes looked like they were going to see right through her.

Charlotte avoided his gaze, “It really was a bit uncomfortable.”

“I heard about you and Jaxson.” Nigel turned to face her and looked her in the eye, “So you still wanted to stay with him?”

“Did

you plan to get back together with him?”

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Cynthia paused for a second, “Mr. Hamilton, do you really want to…‘

“Yes.”

Seeing his strong attitude, Cynthia knew he was serious.

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Just as the auctioneer was about to bring down the hammer, Cynthia made a gesture. The auctioneer paused, and the whole room suddenly burst into an uproar.

Charlotte knew Jaxson had money, but she’d never seen anyone spend it like that before.

Buyout just meant booking the whole place, and the few bosses who knew this behind–the–scenes guy all played along. No one bid on the next few items.

Cynthia looked at the man who had always competed with her. She saw that after he answered the phone, he got up and left. It seemed like the people behind him had given up too.

And in the end, all the items at the scene ended up belonging to Jaxson.

When Cynthia put the bill in front of him, it added up to two hundred million.

He handed over the card without hesitation.

Charlotte glanced at him, “Mr. Hamilton was really loaded, just spent 200 million like that.”

“Not calling him Jaxson now?”

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She straightened her dress and stood up slowly, “You don’t like me being fake, so I won’t pretend anymore.”

He laughed, then stopped, “Where are you going?”

“Go to the bathroom.”

Charlotte walked toward the bathroom, and right at the corner, she just happened to run into Nigel.

She paused and looked at him.

Nigel stood against the wall with his arms crossed, like he was waiting for someone.

She walked over and still said hi, “Mr. Kendall.”

“You never replied to my messages, and you didn’t ask for leave. Were you really not feeling well, or did Jaxson do something to you?”

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