The two of them responded to the director's ugly play, and Vivian had a gloomy look on her face. She swept over them with a fierce light, suppressed her anger, and explained to Raymond in a somewhat agitated voice:

"Since I'm already House of Steven, I don't think about anything else."

Raymond stood there straight, with an inhumane coldness all around him. His thin lips parted slightly, and his voice was like ice that had frozen for ten thousand years.

"Got it." He had no interest in Vivian's past relationships, and of course he would stand by his wife as long as she didn't betray him in the future.

Raymond's cold eyes swept over Gavin, who had a moment of hesitation, but thought of the check he would get after the job was done, he plucked up his courage and met Raymond's eyes with a big smile.

Vivian was about to speak but stopped, with a trance in her eyes.

Did he trust her?

Vivian was feeling a jumble of emotions at the moment, her bright eyes dimmed as if the stars had suddenly vanished. Deep eyelashes cast a shadow on her face, and she looked less haughty than before.

He gave her trust that no one had ever given her, though they were just partners...

"Auction, I'll wait for you to come back."

Raymond looked at Vivian with a meaningful gaze and spoke in a warmer tone, then left.

"Vivian, your Mr.Raymond is really nice to you. He doesn't blame you for knowing about your old relationship with Gavin."

Nicole was smiling, but there was a hint of malice at the corner of her mouth.

The implication was that Raymond had no feelings for her at all, and that pitying look ignited Vivian's anger.

"Nicole, don't force me to do anything to you again!"

Perhaps Vivian's menacing eyes were too terrifying, Nicole's smile froze.

The scene at the wedding banquet is still fresh in her memory. Vivian made her lose face in front of so many people. How could she not return it?

"Don't forget this is House of Steven, not House of Johnson. If you, a new woman, lose your composure, there's no grandpa to protect you!"

Nicole laughed ferociously.

Vivian was stunned for a moment, then haughtily said, "Even if Grandpa is gone, I still have my husband, and you never beat me?"

Leaving Nicole with a very ugly face, Vivian left without giving Gavin another look.

The auction had begun, and the atmosphere was very lively, led by the professional host.

Vivian immediately saw Raymond, who was sitting in the front row, standing out in the crowd.

With a glass in his hand, he listened to the host nonchalantly.

"I'm late."

"Um."

He seemed more interested in the red wine in his hand than Vivian.

The bright red liquid reflected a beautiful glow on his face, adding a touch of enchantment and making his features seem less stern.

Vivian knew that he was angry.

"Next up for auction is a bracelet."

The host was dragging a gift box with a delicate silver bracelet on it, with vintage patterns and a strong sense of age.

Vivian glanced casually, her eyes full of shock when she saw the bracelet, and didn't realize it until the host "ed the price.

"Three million."

"Three point five million."

Vivian raised the sign, her entire arm trembling a little.

Raymond gave her a sidelong glance and said nothing.

"Four million."

Vivian kept raising the price. She was determined to get the bracelet!

"Five million."

Suddenly a gentle voice rang out, and Vivian turned her head sharply to look back, right in front of Nicole who was smiling.

Vivian looked at Nicole with a fierce gaze.

"Mom loves this bracelet, but she donated it for charity. I want to show my filial piety, Vivian, why don't you just give it to me?"

At this moment, Nicole turned back into the gentle and virtuous heiress to outsiders, speaking in a very pleasant way.

"Nicole has a heart, but Vivian seems to like the bracelet too."

Sophia looked at Nicole with great pride and turned her eyes to Vivian with kindness.

She still had her charm and smiled gently, looking like a very good mother.

At this moment, the others present also looked in Vivian's direction, whispering and discussing whether Vivian would give up the bracelet.

"I'm going to get this bracelet!"

Vivian gave a cold laugh, her tone very firm and brimming with endless anger.

It was clearly her mother's relic!

Damn it! John promised to return all of his mother's belongings to her!

Vivian has been busy consolidating her position these days and hasn't had time to sort out her dowry, otherwise Sophia and Nicole wouldn't have had the chance to plot this conspiracy!

What Gavin, what ex-boyfriend, it's just a smoke screen created by the mother and daughter! The ultimate goal is to make her a fool of herself here.

Because she would never allow her mother's belongings to fall into their hands!

No matter what, she must have bought it.

Now everyone thinks Nicole is fighting with her for the bracelet to show her filial piety, and even if she rushes back to House of Johnson to get the bracelet back, she will be criticized.

So she has to get the bracelet right now.

I never thought they could come up with such a disgusting trick!

Nicole was somewhat surprised and smiled sweetly, "then let's do it ourselves."

Saying that, Nicole continued to raise the price, "five million and five hundred thousand!"

Vivian sneered, "Six million."

Finally, the people present couldn't hold back and began to talk in a low voice.

"I never expected Mrs. Steven to argue with her own family for so long over a not-so-valuable bracelet."

"Oh, haven't you heard of Miss Vivian's character? That's notorious for being overbearing."

Raymond was still sitting in his seat drinking, as if he hadn't heard what everyone was discussing.

"Eight million!"

Vivian gritted her teeth and looked at Nicole with sharp eyes like a knife, wanting to chop her up right away!

Her look was even more deserving of the title of "flamboyant" and "barbaric".

It is obvious that the party that Raymond held for her to build her image today was ruined by her...

Nicole looked at Vivian timidly, as if afraid to make her impatient, but kept raising the price.

"Ten million." Nicole had a cold look in her eyes.

Vivian, with a pale face and a very dejected look, slumped into her seat.

She had never felt so powerless. Money, once regarded as dirt, now slapped her hard.

She only asked John for 50 million in the first place, and that money she used...

Unable to help, Vivian's eyes welled up and she gritted her teeth as she looked at Nicole's determined smile.

Could it be that the mother's belongings are really going to fall into the hands of the mother and daughter?

Even if she were to ruin the bracelet, I wouldn't let them defile it!

There was silence again, and the host had to start bidding.

"Isn't anyone raising the price? That ten million for the first time...

Selling a bracelet worth up to three million for ten million was beyond the host's expectations.

Vivian closed her eyes in despair, lowered her head, and it seemed as if a faint layer of sadness had covered her entire body.

"Is it that important?" Just an ordinary bracelet.

Raymond spoke indifferently, looking at Vivian with an unknown emotion in his eyes.

Vivian still kept her head down, complaining that she was so useless that she had to give away her mother's belongings...

"Ten million for the second time..."

The onlookers looked at Vivian again, with all kinds of glances.

"It seems that the so-called Mrs. Steven is nothing but a name, not even worth ten million."

Some could no longer resist the irony.

When Vivian heard this, she felt even more sad and her body couldn't help trembling slightly.

"Ten million third..."

"Twenty million."