"Isn't it a surprise to see you at the auction, Zelda? Where's Axel?" Grace had this kind of charm that, the moment she spoke, made me feel disgusted.
"Zelda, when someone doesn't love you, it's painfully obvious."
Harper was just as sickening.
I rolled my eyes and turned my attention back to the auction.
The items being auctioned were mostly unremarkable and everyone was just waiting for the final piece, the pigeon blood red.
As expected, when the pigeon blood red appeared, everyone's attention was immediately drawn to it.
“No matter who it is today, don't compete with me! This pigeon blood red must be mine!” Harper said confidently.
Although I also liked it, I wasn’t willing to spend a high price to compete with them.
“Thank you, honey!” Grace kissed Harper on the cheek.
It seemed that Harper quite enjoyed it.
At that moment, a voice interrupted. “Miss Frost, Mr. Knight said that the pigeon blood red will be given to you as a gift!”
It was only then I noticed that Axel's assistant had been by my side the entire time.
“Forget it, I won’t compete with them anymore!”
I was never particularly interested in these things anyway. Perhaps the assistant wasn’t sure what to do, so he called Axel for instructions.
Then, after a while, Axel arrived.
"Only you are worthy of this piece. As for that fake innocent act, she doesn’t deserve it!"
With that, he slammed down the final bid paddle.
"Harper! Bid higher! I want it!"
Harper’s face turned red. "They’ve already called it. What’s the point of bidding now?"
And so, the auction concluded with Axel securing the pigeon blood red gemstone.
Afterwards, Axel had to leave early for something, while I stayed behind to wait for the pigeon blood red to be handed over.
But I didn’t expect that Harper would still come looking for me.
"Zelda! I know you're still angry with me! Can we stop being angry now?"
As soon as I stepped out, Harper pulled me aside.
"I know, you hate me for marrying Grace, but I really don't love her. I just wanted to help her once!"
Harper became more and more agitated, as if he had suffered some great injustice.
"Enough! Harper, do you think you're some ancient emperor? Playing the selection of a concubine with me? You married Grace and now you're coming to harass me? Don't you think you're pathetic? Now please get out of my sight!"
After saying that, I tried to walk away, but found myself completely blocked by Harper.