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‘Am I the one offering the job here, or is he interviewing me for it?’ Grace wondered, utterly baffled, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. The way Xavier had accepted her offer so proudly, so confidently… so authoritatively, even giving himself the time to resume, made it feel like she wasn’t the one in control, but instead him. Yet still… “Any day is fine by me,” she finally said, smiling slightly. And with that, it was done.
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Chapter 1644 – Accusation
*****“Come on, why don’t you leave this item to me? I’m a woman, after all, and these bracelets are obviously more useful to me than they are to you.”After glaring at the man and silently threatening him for so long, the woman suddenly changed tactics. Her hostile expression disappeared, replaced by a pitiful look that made her seem on the verge of bursting into tears.Several people were caught completely off guard.The man was no exception.He stared at her blankly for several seconds, his expression practically asking whether someone had secretly replaced the woman he had been fighting against with another person.“You…” He narrowed his eyes suspiciously before a smirk slowly appeared on his face. “Weren’t you trying to force me to back down just now?”The woman lowered her gaze and gave him an even more miserable look.“I…” She hesitated, clasping her hands together. “I really need them. My monthly cramps are always so severe that sometimes I genuinely feel like I’m not going to
Chapter 1643 – The Third Item
*****Back in the Lower Realm, the auctioneer stared at Xavier for a moment.Her eyes remained impossible to read behind the veil, but there was a faint sense that she was assessing him rather than merely acknowledging another successful bidder.After a brief pause, she turned her attention toward the rest of the hall.“$800,000 going once.”Nobody raised a card.“Going twice.”Still nothing.The woman who had previously fought desperately for the earrings lowered her gaze in defeat.Her expression was so bitter that one might have thought Xavier had personally robbed her rather than simply outbid her.The auctioneer finally lifted the bell.“Sold.”The clear chime rang through the hall.Xavier had once again won the bid.He remained completely composed, as though spending $800,000 on his wife's earrings was the most ordinary decision in the world.Almost immediately, the auctioneer waved her hand.Another attendant promptly stepped onto the stage carrying the next item.Once again, i
Chapter 1642 – The Lower Realms’ Rage
*****For a moment, nearly everyone in the Lower Realm seemed to lose the ability to react.They had watched Xavier win the first item.Then he had casually taken the second.And now, with the Seven-Star Phoenix Earrings, he had gone from $350,000 to an astonishing $800,000 in a single bid, effectively doubling the previous price without even blinking.The entire Lower Realm fell into an awkward silence.The earrings were undeniably valuable. For lower-ranked cultivators, their ability to detect hostile killing intent within twenty feet could be an incredibly useful advantage, especially in a world where ambushes and assassination attempts were hardly rare.The additional ability to reduce mental fatigue only made them more appealing.But even with those benefits, most people believed the earrings were worth around half a million dollars at most.Yet Xavier had just thrown $800,000 onto the table as though he were buying a cup of coffee.It was enough to make people question whether m
Chapter 1641 – ‘My Wife Needs This Even More’
*****Xavier studied the two pairs for another moment before making his decision.The thought of his father immediately brought a faint trace of guilt to his heart.Since returning from prison, he had been so occupied with everything that had happened around him that he hadn't properly compensated for the years he had been absent.He hadn't given either of his parents a single meaningful gift since his return, and when he thought about it more carefully, he realized something even more embarrassing.He had never given his in-laws a gift either.‘Well, I suppose I can make up for both my father and father-in-law at once.’A faint smile tugged at his lips.“The starting price for the two pairs is $95,000,” the auctioneer announced.The moment her voice fell, bidding cards began rising throughout the Lower Realm.“$100,000!”“I bid $110,000!”“$120,000! It’s mine!”The competition quickly became lively.Men who had been sitting casually moments earlier suddenly leaned forward, while seve
Chapter 1640 – Second Item
*****“He actually still dares to bid?”“Doesn't he realize what kind of trouble he's in?”“What a complete waste of money. He'll probably die before the night is over, and he's still spending hundreds of thousands on accessories.”The woman who had nearly won the hairpin looked at Xavier with undisguised annoyance, clearly unable to understand why someone who had already been marked for death would care about an auction item.Xavier, however, didn't even glance at her.His expression remained perfectly calm as he looked toward the Moonflower Jade Hairpin in the auctioneer's hand.He wasn't buying it for himself.He was already imagining it in Grace's hair.From his previous interactions with Grace, he had often noticed her constantly brushing loose strands away from her face and tucking them behind her ear.Her hair was naturally silky and soft, which made it beautiful, but that same softness meant it easily slipped loose no matter how carefully she arranged it.Whenever she became o
Chapter 1639 – Bidding
*****Resting delicately between the auctioneer's fingers was a slender white-jade hairpin, exquisitely carved into the shape of a blooming flower.The jade was so smooth and luminous that it seemed to possess a soft radiance of its own beneath the brilliant lights of the auction hall.Several women instinctively touched their own hair.Others exchanged excited whispers.For an instant, the earlier tension surrounding the auctioneer was forgotten.“The first item tonight is a women's accessory, the Moonflower Jade Hairpin.”The auctioneer's soothing voice once again filled the cruise ship.She held the hairpin slightly higher so everyone could see its delicate craftsmanship.“It is said to possess the ability to constantly keep the wearer's hair perfectly arranged. It can also slightly purify the spiritual energy in its surroundings and help maintain mental clarity during meditation.”Her final words caused another wave of interest to spread through the Lower Realm.The hairpin might
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