Chapter 1000

The look in Vicky’s eyes darkened as she turned to her right side. Aurora raised the number plate in her hand with a confident smile on her face. Vicky raised her plate. "Fifty thousand." Aurora followed. "Fifty-five thousand." Vicky had been self-employed for some time and had quite a considerable amount of savings, so a few thousand meant nothing to her and she raised her plate again. "Sixty thousand." Before she could set her plate down, Aurora bided again. "A hundred and fifty thousand." Silence instantly fell over the hall and everyone exchanged confused looks. The chessboard was worth 30,000 at most and one had to be insanely wealthy to frivolously spend so much on it. "Vicky," Elijah whispered. "Forget it. The chessboard isn't worth this much." It was not that Vicky could not produce more, in fact, she was willing to spend more than what the chessboard was worth. However, spending more than what was bid to buy something worth 30,000 would definitely make her look like a