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    Several women who were married to wealthy businessmen soon surrounded Catherine and buttered her up.


    "Chairwoman Jones, where did you buy this gown? It''s beautiful!"


    "The ne you''re wearing is from Tiffany and it''s the newest design, right?"


    "Good evening, everyone."


    All of a sudden, J held a ss of red wine and walked over to Catherine with


    ill intentions. "Ah, Chairwoman Jones, I didn''t expect that you''d have the leisure to participate in the auction. Hang on, I''m not sure if I should still call you Chairwoman Jones now."


    "What do you mean, Miss Campbell?" one of the women, Madam rk, asked in a huff.


    J sighed. "Perhaps all of you aren''t aware of what happened. I heard that Chairwoman Jones beat up Willie, who came from Canberra, during Hudson''s anniversary celebrationst night."


    "What? Are you referring to that Willie from the Hill family?"


    "Yeah, it''s him." J nodded. "My friend told me that Chairwoman Jones caused Young Master Hill''s face to be swollen, and Young Master Hill got mad. That was very impulsive of you, Chairwoman Jones. How could people like us possibly provoke the Hill family? Hopefully, you''re still safe and sound the next time I see you."


    All the women gasped and retreated one by one.


    "Hey, my husband is calling me."


    "It''s been a while since west met, Madam Wolfe."


    Shortly afterward, the bunch of women gave excuses and left the spot promptly.


    The incident was no joke. Now that Catherine had offended the Hill family, she was doomed to death. It would be pointless to fawn over her.


    Without bothering to rify the matter, Catherine stared at J as if she was mentally disabled. Given that she was on friendly terms with Reba, why had Reba not told her the truth?


    "You must be panicking, right? You probably didn''t expect that you''ll lose the position of chairwoman when you''ve just begun to enjoy it." J smiledcently and then turned to look at the


    handsome Shaun. "Mr. Hill, I advise you to stay away from her so that you won''t be dragged into this mess."


    Shaun raised his eyebrows indifferently


    J assumed that her words had aroused his interest, so she immediately said, "Willie''s great assistant is a rtive of mine. If youe and ask me for help, I''ll certainly lend you a hand."


    Somehow, Catherine felt like giggling. Even Willie was terrified of Shaun. Clearly, a poor assistant would mean nothing to him.


    "Shaunny, just ignore her. Let''s grab a seat." She walked forward while holding Shaun''s arm. At that point, she continued to hide the truth from J.


    Watching them leave, J scoffed behind them. She might becent at the moment, but what would happen next would leave her cryingter.


    Once they were seated, Shaun nced at the woman beside him in a lighthearted manner. "Why didn''t you rify it just now? Does it have something to do with your im about there being a good show?"


    "You understand me so well, Shaunny." Catherine grinned.


    Shaun noticed that ever since Catherine became the chairwoman, she was more skilled at ying tricks on others. Having said that, it was not a bad thing at all. She had to be meaner and crueler to qualify as his wife in the future.


    The auctionmenced very shortly after.


    In fact, tonight''s auction was a disguised fundraising event. Catherine raised her bid card for two paintings worth several million dors.


    Thest item was ''The Queen''s Ne''.


    It was a glittery ne with a shiny ruby diamond pendant sitting on top of the


    ck satin. The ne was exquisitely designed. Even the chain was embellished with tiny diamonds, which resembled an array of stars.


    All the women were astonished at the sight of the ne, and it had also caught Catherine''s eye.


    Shaun nced at Catherine with a deep gaze.


    At this moment, the host introduced enthusiastically," Now is the most spectacr moment. In the past, the former king of Country F found the most brilliant designer to design the ne, and it took him two years toplete it. This masterpiece contains 383.4 carats of diamonds. Rumor has it that if one gives The Queen''s Ne to his beloved woman, the two of them will be together forever."


    "This is the ne that every woman dreams of. The starting bid for this item tonight is 1.6 billion dors."


    The astronomical price caused an uproar in the hall.


    Nevertheless, someone soon shouted, "1.7 billion."


    Curious, Catherine looked in that direction, only to discover that it was Ethan.