Upon hearing that, Hedd’s blood boiled. Not only did Connor humiliate him, he even humiliated his idol. Turning to glare at Connor, Hedd taunted fiercely, “What nonsense are you spouting? You can just wait to be crushed, loser.”
“You’re the loser!” Connor pointed at Hedd while shouting at him, completely ruining his image.
Truth be told, this was more of a squabble than a race. The three of them quarreled with each other and none of them was willing to take a step back.
Meanwhile in Barnsford, Mason was at an auction. He wanted to bid on a few items and bring them back to Sandfort. However, he wasn’t interested in anything at all as he looked at the emcee, who was passionately introducing the items on the stage, and the lunatic buyers on the floor.
Just being away for a business trip for a day had made him miss his girl dearly, almost to the extent of going insane. He then took out his phone and looked at the last message that the girl sent. Although there were only two words, ‘Be careful’, he still felt extremely happy.
With his slender, well-structured fingers, Mason gently typed out a sentence: ‘Are you awake?’
Within a few seconds, Janet replied, ‘Yes, I am.’
Receiving her immediate reply, Mason was instantly hyped up and even sat up straight. Seeing that, Sean, who was beside him, raised his eyebrows and involuntarily peeked at Mason’s phone screen.
‘I miss you very much.’ Although Mason only sent these five simple words, it had a profound meaning. He was captivated by her!
Janet replied almost immediately, ‘What’s wrong?’
‘I want to video call you.’ Mason was starting to become insatiable. Yet, he didn’t receive any reply from her after that. Rubbing his temples, he switched off the phone. Janet was too cautious about everything, which was unusual for someone as young as she was. Therefore, she must have been through a lot more than the usual girl.
In Sandfort City, Janet stared blankly at the message in her phone while blushing but before she could reply, Dexter called her over. “Boss, it’s your turn!” he said as he looked at Janet excitedly.
However, morose overtook his face the next second when he noticed her flushed complexion. Could it be that she was sick? “Boss, what’s the matter?” While asking, he reached out his hand to feel her temperature.
However, he didn’t expect Janet to pat his hand away and reply calmly, “I’m fine; I’ll be there in a minute.” After that, she walked into the changing room to change, leaving The Beasts confused and speechless. Could it be that they had misunderstood the situation?
…
After waiting for a long time for Janet’s reply, Mason had lost his mood to look at the auctioned items on stage. Noticing that the customers began to feel tired, the person-in-charge decided to pump up their enthusiasm and lighten the atmosphere. With that, the rich people would surely spend their money. Therefore, he took out the item that was originally saved for the last. On the stage, the emcee screamed excitedly, “Next up, our organizer decided to auction the grand item!”
Upon hearing that, the crowd cheered because they knew that the grand item was definitely the best. In contrast, Mason was totally uninterested in that. As he was about to leave, the emcee suddenly shouted, “The grand item for today is the Alpine Stream Painting by our famous Master Nato.”
Alpine Stream Painting? As soon as that name was announced, the entire hall burst into an uproar. Even Mason sat back down after hearing that. If he wasn’t mistaken, the present that Janet gave Old Mrs. Jackson earlier was the Alpine Stream Painting.
Noticing that Mason wasn’t leaving, Sean asked, “Young Master Mason, this is Miss Jackson’s painting. Are you interested in it?”
“Nope,” Mason replied with a poker face.
“Alright then. Shall we?”
“I’m indeed uninterested in Master Nato’s painting but that doesn’t mean that I’m not interested in her!” Mason narrowed his phoenix eyes. Looking to the front, his obsidian eyes squinted at the painting that was displayed on the stage. At that moment, there was only one thought in his mind—he should be the only one possessing everything of Janet’s.
“Er…” Without him realizing, Sean was forced to witness a public display of affection. However, he was more than happy to witness it!
