Chapter 395
\nMarked By the Pureblood Alpha (Deanna and Luis) novel Chapter 395<\/p>\n
Third-person POV:<\/p>\n
The gavel hit the block with a sharp crack.<\/p>\n
“A hundred million dollars, third call! Sold! Congratulations to Ms. Barkley of the Bluestone Pack for winning The Pack’s Pursuit!”<\/p>\n
Victoria almost fainted on the spot.<\/p>\n
It felt like half her life savings had just evaporated.<\/p>\n
Jennifer stared at Deanna with pure hatred, like she wanted to shift into her wolf form and tear her apart right there.<\/p>\n
Violet glanced at Victoria and Jennifer. Their expressions looked like the world had ended, and honestly\u2014it felt amazing to watch.<\/p>\n
“Deanna, when you yelled 80 million, I thought my heart was going to stop. I was scared that idiot Jennifer wouldn’t take the bait.”<\/p>\n
Deanna toyed with her bidding paddle.<\/p>\n
“With someone as arrogant as her? She’s always trying to crush me under her heel. Of course, she’d lose her temper. Shouting 100 million isn’t surprising at all.”<\/p>\n
Even so, nothing in life was guaranteed.<\/p>\n
If Jennifer hadn’t followed the bid, Deanna would’ve ended up buying a worthless painting for 80 million.<\/p>\n
Violet asked, “What if she had suddenly sobered up and realized something was off, and didn’t raise the price?”<\/p>\n
Deanna’s lips curved. “It would’ve been fine either way.”<\/p>\n
Violet blinked. She stared at Deanna for a moment.<\/p>\n
Deanna was still the same best friend she had known for years, but something about her felt different.<\/p>\n
After thinking it over, Violet figured it had to be confidence\u2014confidence that came from being backed by that top-tier Alpha of the Mooncrown Pack.<\/p>\n
Somehow, without anyone noticing, Deanna had changed into a woman who could play with capital and control a room with ease.<\/p>\n
The more love someone receives, the more they bloom like a flower.<\/p>\n
Right now, Violet felt that sentence described Deanna perfectly.<\/p>\n
The charity auction ended, and the host quickly moved on to the next segment.<\/p>\n
And the first row was exactly where Deanna and Violet were sitting.<\/p>\n
Jennifer walked forward in her three-inch heels. She clenched her fists, trying hard to hold back the urge to slap Deanna as she passed\u2014just to vent the rage still burning from that “100 million dollars.”<\/p>\n
Right at that moment, as Jennifer walked by, Violet casually stretched out her leg.<\/p>\n
Jennifer didn’t notice. She kept walking.<\/p>\n
“Ah!”<\/p>\n
She tripped and almost fell flat on her face.<\/p>\n
Trying to catch herself, she reached out toward the person beside her.<\/p>\n
But Deanna simply slapped Jennifer’s hand away, and Jennifer fell straight to the floor.<\/p>\n
Violet laughed out loud.<\/p>\n
“Ms. Barkley, why are you so nervous?”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-2477","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/2477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/icuow.top\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}