章 12: Million Dollar Bracelet
編集者: EndlessFantasy Translation
Audrey's face turned ugly when she heard them mocking John.
To her, John was her most promising son-in-law and someone she could show off to everyone else.
But today, John had been humiliated by Wayne!
In Audrey's eyes, Wayne's action of revealing the truth was an insult to John.
On what basis? What right did he have to expose that John's painting was fake?
He was clearly trash, so he should do what trash should do!
It was to not expose the truth and embarrass John!
Audrey's eyes were filled with anger. After looking at Wayne, she took out Wayne's box.
"Wayne! So what if John's painting was fake? He was only serious about choosing a gift for us, so he was deceived! Even if he gave us a fake painting in the end, at least it means that he put in his heart to give us a gift! But you? Wayne!"
As she spoke, Audrey opened the box, revealing the wooden bracelet inside.
"It's just a broken wooden bracelet, and you have the nerve to give it to us as a birthday present?! Is the Jones family that weak in your eyes? Is it only worthy of such a gift?" Audrey snorted coldly. "Or are you not taking Albert's birthday to heart at all and are just trying to be perfunctory? This broken wooden bracelet isn't worth more than a few dozen dollars. You're thick-skinned!"
Wayne furrowed his brows, as if he wanted to say something.
However, Audrey did not give him a chance.
She suddenly revealed an expression of realization and said, "I suddenly remember. Trash like you doesn't seem to have any money to prepare a gift for us. John can prepare a gift worth tens of thousands of dollars for us, but you can only buy us a cheap product that's only a few dozen dollars. The difference between the two of you is like heaven and earth. There's no possibility of comparison. I really shouldn't have gotten angry over trash like you."
As she spoke, Audrey shook her head and looked at Wayne with eyes full of contempt.
Obviously, she wanted to use this method to save John's reputation.
As for the others, after they heard Audrey's words, they started to ridicule Wayne.
John sneered.
"That's right, at least I spent so much money on the painting. What about you, Wayne? Is this how you perfunctorily brush off this party? What a joke, you actually dare expose me! You're truly a piece of trash!"
Vanessa also nodded and said in agreement, "What a piece of trash! We, the Jones family, should not have taken him in! It is an insult to the Jones family for someone like you to enter our family!"
When they said this, Albert, who was next to them, stared at the bracelet.
"This..."
Albert furrowed his brows and looked at the bracelet. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.
As the head of the Jones family and the chairman of the Jones Group, he was naturally knowledgeable.
In the beginning, he didn't think there was anything special about the bracelet.
However, as he looked at it, he realized that something was wrong.
The dense life energy felt as if it was about to materialize.
"This bracelet..."
Albert's eyes lit up. Just as he was about to say something, Audrey, who was beside him, pulled him back.
Audrey's eyes were fixed on Albert . "What are you trying to say, Albert?"
There was a threatening look in Audrey's eyes.
She didn't know what was so good about the wooden bracelet, but she knew that she couldn't let anything go wrong.
What she had to do now was to use this bracelet to trample Wayne under her feet!
Albert was stunned, but under Audrey's cold gaze, he could only keep quiet.
After she stopped Albert, Audrey continued to mock Wayne.
After John noticed the change in the situation, he continued to look down on Wayne and berate him.
Wayne listened to their ridicule, and his face was also filled with anger.
He didn't expect the Jones family to be so shameless.
When he had exposed the fake painting, Audrey had clearly seen the problem, but she still insisted that there was nothing wrong with the painting. Instead, she had berated him.
And now, they were using this bracelet to mock and humiliate him.
Wayne could no longer bear all of this.
"Good! Since the Jones family doesn't want to accept this bracelet, then treat it as if I had never given it to you!"
As he said that, Wayne took the box from Audrey's hand and took out the bracelet to put around his own wrist.
"This bracelet has nothing to do with you guys anymore!"
After Wayne said that, Audrey's expression was nonchalant.
However, just as she was about to say something, a news report suddenly came on the TV in the party hall.
In the TV station, the elegant blonde host was reporting the news with a smile.
"Today, at Eddie's Auction House, there's a bracelet made from the trunk of the Tree of Life. The bracelet was sold for three million dollars, the highest price an accessory has been sold at Eddie's Auction House for in years."
As the news was being broadcast on the TV, there was also a picture of the so-called Tree of Life bracelet.
The moment they saw the picture released by the TV station, the party fell into silence.
It looked familiar...
It looked very familiar.
Everyone had the same thought.
Then, someone quickly reacted.
Wasn't that Wayne's bracelet?
Yes, it was!
The picture of the so-called Tree of Life bracelet that the TV station had just shown was the same as the bracelet that Wayne had just given to Albert!
Even the patterns on it were the same.
"How... How is this possible? This bracelet is Wayne's bracelet?"
"Look, that bracelet has been auctioned for a sky-high price of three million dollars!"
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