Chapter 56 Suddenly Understand the Reason for Amelia's Anger
In no time, heated discussions erupted online.
"Bidding to the end - is that the same 'bidding to the end' I know? Unlimited price increases!"
"Yes, that's the one!"
"This basically means they're already together, right! William went this far for Isabella, not even caring about Amelia, completely ignoring her!"
"That tanzanite she won can't be worn right away though. It should take some time to make it into jewelry, but she's dying soon, so Isabella's purpose in bidding for it was purely to show her love."
"I can't even imagine how heartbroken William will be looking at this tanzanite after Isabella is gone."
"They should set the tanzanite on Isabella's urn..."
"Isabella has had such a busy schedule these past few days, she even fainted from exhaustion, but she's so graceful. Even before fainting, she told the media not to speculate too much, which means she doesn't want the media saying bad things about Amelia."
"She's really so good, I'm crying my eyes out."
"How can a person be this kind?"
"Amelia, do you see this? If you see it, get out here now!"
Behind the scenes, Carl had his people take action immediately.
So a post was quickly published - [The kind-hearted her will become an angel to protect you.]
The post described in detail the beautiful love between the two and Isabella's various good deeds.
For example: Isabella was sick and could have rested well, but chose to drag her late-stage cancer body around to help sick children.
For example: Isabella could have used her illness to threaten and attack Amelia, but chose to treat Amelia kindly.
For example: During the inner venue bidding when Lika raised the price making William pay 25 times the value for an item, she chose to speak up for Lika instead of cursing her.
Once the post was published, it immediately caused a sensation.
Netizens shed tears over Isabella's kindness.
So the hashtag #IsabellaisSoGood shot up the trending list again.
At the same time, rumors somehow spread online saying that Lika attended the charity gala but didn't donate.
This charity gala had a rule that although it was invitation-only, anyone who attended had to show their love (because there were paintings, diaries, etc. from sick children, which weren't expensive), otherwise you were just riding on the popularity - riding on charity's popularity. To put it harshly, it was fake donation.
There were several ways to show your love:
First, donors of auction items - most donors at this charity gala would use 70% of the auction proceeds for charity.
Second, bidders who won items - although they got something, they still made some contribution, so it wasn't like spending nothing.
Third, direct donations.
Generally, bidders following the second method would also do the third.
William made an extra donation after bidding on two items.
Of course, just donating without bidding, or just bidding without extra donation was fine too.
If you did none of these three things, then you were just riding on popularity.
However, this was just a rumor that spread in a small circle and didn't gain much traction.
Most of the attention was on Isabella and William.
Even when reporters from the inner venue published their reports later, netizens' focus remained on the two of them.
On the streets of Shadow City.
A Bugatti roared past.
Isabella in the passenger seat looked at the messages on her phone, very satisfied.
Thinking, she replied to Carl -
[Just like this, spread the news about Lika's fake donation in small circles first, don't spread it too wide, so I can use this to control Lika later.]
After receiving Carl's confirmation, Isabella put away her phone.
At this moment, Isabella already had a feeling that everything was under her control, that she was invincible.
She kept thinking about all her actions these past days, every step methodical and orderly.
So her ego swelled to the extreme.
And at this time, the car also arrived downstairs at Isabella's apartment complex.
The car stopped, but William didn't get out immediately.
Isabella didn't move either, just looked at him.
William paused slightly, then took the safe that the Adams Group had sent over earlier.
Isabella's eyes lit up slightly, and she immediately lowered them, not letting William notice her reaction.
[William also won that 6-carat ruby pendant, will he give me that too?] - Isabella thought.
Although everyone knew the tanzanite's auction price was 25 million dollars, its actual value was only 1 million dollars.
Compared to that tanzanite, Isabella wanted this ruby pendant more.
Not only was it expensive, but it was also a finished product that could be worn immediately.
Of course, it would be best if he gave her both.
However, now that William had taken action, she couldn't just not react.
Thinking this, Isabella took out her phone, about to transfer money to William.
While operating it, she said: "William, I only have 1.2 million dollars on hand right now. Let me transfer this to you first, I'll figure out the rest later."
With just this one sentence, William's thoughts were pulled back.
His fingers lightly brushed over the deep blue tanzanite, then he took out the ruby pendant.
"No need," he said, then handed the pendant to Isabella.
"But William, we agreed earlier that I would buy..." Isabella looked very anxious, as if trying hard to prove herself. She said, "And I wanted to buy the tanzanite, not this ruby."
She paused slightly, then pushed the box back toward William, refusing: "William, I can't accept this, it's too valuable."
William didn't look at Isabella, nor at the ruby pendant, just quietly looked at the tanzanite.
"The tanzanite is just a raw stone, not convenient to wear without being made into jewelry."
Inexplicably, William told a lie.
He closed the safe: "I think this ruby pendant suits you better."
"Really?" Isabella's eyes sparkled.
But William lowered his eyes slightly.
"Yes," he responded.
"So," Isabella's heart was completely satisfied, her eyes were all on this ruby pendant, "William, did you bid for this pendant specially for me?"
William still didn't look at Isabella.
He raised his eyes to look out the car window.
Outside the window was the quiet night scene of the residential area, with dim streetlights stretching the tree shadows very long.
In such scenery, everything seemed somewhat lonely.
"Yes," William responded softly again.
In this instant, he suddenly understood.
He suddenly understood more than a month ago, when he said - "My child deserves the most expensive diamond."
The reason why Amelia got angry.