Chapter 2

Clara promptly purchased those earrings. Then, she looked at me smugly.

I remained nonchalant.

After all, she was going to marry Silas.

It would be better if I had nothing more to do with the two of them.

Complicated feelings gripped me as I recalled the events of my previous life.

Suddenly, a necklace on the stage attracted my attention.

Its style and size resembled the one my mother had worn when she still lived. Its details were zoomed in on the screen.

I stared at that familiar necklace and was lost in a trance.

I was certain that it belonged to my mother.

I heard that it had gone missing after my mother’s passing.

Beyond all expectations, it had shown up there.

Even my assistant noticed something wrong with me and immediately raised her paddle to bid for the necklace.

Initially, Clara was uninterested in that jewelry.

But she suddenly grew eager when she saw my expression.

I gradually felt weak as the price kept increasing.

I gnashed my teeth and put all my money, including the seven hundred thousand dollars given by Adam and my savings, on the last bidding.

Clara was pondering something before she pulled Silas’ hand and started acting coquettishly.

“Silas, I want that.”

Naturally, Silas had noticed the competition between us. He turned to look at me calmly.

The comments surfaced again at the sight of my pale face.

[As long as Jane puts herself down and reaches out to Silas, Silas will buy this for her!]

[Silas acts like he hates her. But in fact, he loves her deeply!]

[Hurry up! You’re driving me crazy. All it takes is some nice words from you!]

[Silas just wants to see Jane give in. Why didn’t she understand?!]

I read the comments and clenched my fists. My fingers were shaky.

No, they were wrong.

During my previous life, I had believed those comments and reached out to Silas. I even humbly begged him. What did that result in?

He still snatched away everything that I cherished and gave them to Clara. He never once cared about me.

Hence, I would not humbly give in to him again.

When Silas noticed that I did not want to give in, he raised his finger slightly and raised the price to fourteen million dollars.

For a moment, the memories from my previous life overwhelmed me.

Deep iciness gripped me until I could hardly breathe.

I did not look at Silas again until the auctioneer’s gavel struck for the last time, regardless of how the comments tried to persuade me.

After the auction, Adam held a party for all the nobles and the rich of the circle.

Clara was quite smug.

After dinner, she stopped me in the garden and purposely raised the necklace around her neck.

“I don’t know why you like this old thing so much, but it’s pretty.”

She called it an old thing. But I remembered my mother always wearing it. Of course, Clara would be able to recognize it.

I was in a trance.

Clara pointedly blinked and grinned when she walked toward me.

“I’ve snatched away two of your favorites consecutively. Well, even I’m ashamed of that. I’ll let you have these earrings then.”

She fished out the emerald earrings that she had just bought and handed them to me.

I wore no expression as I looked at her, but I did not want them.

Clara stopped smiling. Instead, she looked at me coldly and maliciously.

“You won’t give up, will you?” She stared at me and gnashed her teeth, murmuring.

Suddenly, her gaze turned unreadable. She let go and covered her mouth, screaming, “Oh! I didn’t hold them well. You’ve got to pick them up.”