Grace stared at the phone, now hanging up on her without warning, and the last silver of hope she had been clinging to vanished in an instant.

Lauren exclaimed angrily, "Damn, he actually hung up on you!"

Grace didn't respond, quietly tucking her phone back into her purse.

By then, the bidding had already climbed to 9.5 million.

Jason rubbed his temples and glanced at Alexander, "Mr. Sterling, how about letting me have this ...