The Online Auction
Author: Jericho Chase
last update2024-11-07 19:42:35

Declan White clenched his fist, feeling the pressure mounting.

“Three point six billion,” he said firmly, casting a glance toward Moses.

Moses still hadn’t spoken a word. His silence was unnerving and disturbing.

Declan White began to wonder if Moses was simply waiting to make a move when they least expected it.

He had a bad intuition about Moses' silence but he paid little attention to it.

“Three point eight billion,” Clarissa Hunter declared.

Deep down, she was growing nervous. Her family was nearing the edge of what they were willing to risk.

If she failed to obtain the Great Pearl, she would lose both the infinite castle and the $3 billion she staked in the game.

However, if she obtained the great pearl, she would gain not just the Infinite castle but also an additional $6.3 billion on top of it.

Which was why she was going all out to win.

Daniel Jetson hesitated, sweat forming on his brow as he weighed his options.

The Jetson family was already stretched with this wager, bu
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