After the emcee welcomed everybody, the first item was brought to the stage. It was a pen which has once been used by Queen Elizabeth the second. The price on it was $500 but at the end of the bidding someone took it for $2500. Betty was very surprised. This was her first time attending such a gathering and she begun to think about how the rich misuse money. But because this money was going to the orphanage homes, she didn't condemn the rich much. The second item was a belt which belonged to a very famous scientist, the first price was $1000 and at the end some took it at $27,000 .
Betty thought the final bidder was just joking but to her surprise payment was made . As she was recovering from her shock Jack Smith told her in her ears. "Tell me if you want anything, I'll get it for you" Betty looked at him and nodded but she said in her mind that she wouldn't trouble him.
As the bidding was going on , Kelvin Smith bidded for a watch at $90,000 dollars and it caught Betty's attention. When she turned to look at him , Kelvin gave her a wink and she felt uncomfortable so she turned to focus on the remaining program.
Finally the bidding was coming to an end and the last item was a diamond necklace. This was the main reason a lot of people attended. When the necklace was removed, Betty said "wow" without even noticing. She wanted to get it but she didn't even have the amount of money which was on it "$100,000" she had a sad face. This action didn't escape Jack Smith and he decided to get it for her.
People started to call their prices $100.1k .....100.5k .....200k .....300k all of a sudden a deep voice shouted 1m dollars. Everyone was speachless. Betty turned to look at Jack , who shouted that amount with wide eyes . Before they could recover from their trance another voice shouted $1.5m dollars. Everyone turned to the voice who tried to challenge Jack Smith, it was Kelvin Smith. 3m dollars Jack Smith shouted again. Betty pinched him to stop him from mentioning huge figures but Jack only held her hand and asked told her not to worry. He picked his phone and sent a message to an unknown person. Just when he received a response Kelvin bidded again 4m dollars!! The crowd were shocked. Even though they were all rich , they wouldn't spend such an amount just in less than an hour on a necklace
Kelvin just wanted to challenge Jack. One second to bidding over, Jack shouted again $8m dollars. The crowd gasped. Kelvin didn't want to loose too much money from his account so he gave up angrily. At the end, Jack won . No one was more surprised than Betty. 'How rich is this man' she thought 'this is times 4 of Henry's hospital bill !'
Jack was calm , he looked like he only mentioned one dollar. Betty begun to fear him. After everything, Jack held Betty's hand and accompanied her outside and they both sat in their car. When Jack sent a message, he was only confirming if the necklace wasn't fake but after he got to know that the diamond cost more than a fortune, he continued to bid but of course, not everyone at the place knew how much it was worth.
After everything, Kelvin made a call to an unknown person. "I want you to get me a full background check on a lady called Betty Rockson". After he gave his necessary description, he hunged up the call and said " I'll get you Jack , I want your girlfriend now. I'll make sure history repeats itself"
In the car, Betty didn't know how to start a conversation with Jack. Jack have her necklace and said "Take this as a first gift from me" he placed it in her hand turned to face the window.
"Why did you bid on such a huge amount of money" she finally found her voice and asked.
"To support orphans" he said. Betty kept quiet and thanked him for the necklace. She thought Jack got it because of her . She insulted herself internally for thinking that way . When they got to her house. She wished him a goodnight
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