Tessa’s words had left a seed of doubt in Wendy’s heart.

Once she left the law firm, she began asking around her circle of friends and quickly found out that Gomez Group was indeed in hot waters.

Apparently, Gomez Group’s biggest shareholders had sold off all their shares and cashed out. Hence, Gomez Group was back in Zachary’s hands, but the whole company was in a mess.

Wendy frowned.

It was no wonder Zachary had been so busy lately. Whenever she saw him, he always looked exhausted, looking like he had not slept well in days.

Would Gomez Group survive the mess?

If the Gomez family were to go bankrupt, then she’d just be jumping into a burning hole by marrying Zachary.

She had to observe the situation for a few more days. If Gomez Group could not hold on, then there was no need for her to give birth to the child in her womb.

…

On Wednesday night, Tessa attended an auction. When she arrived at the event, she was shocked to see Stephen there as well.

Stephen rarely attended such auctions in person as he usually had his assistants handle it if he wanted anything.

He was dressed in a black suit, and there was an air of elegance around him. He was surrounded by people as everyone was eager to befriend him.

Stephen was always the center of attention no matter where he went.

However, Tessa just glanced at him impassively before she looked away.

When Stephen spotted her, he immediately pushed through the crowd and walked up to her. “Tess, are you here for the auction too?”

In truth, he was only at the auction because he had set his eyes on a few items that were up for bidding. Most of the items at that auction were exquisite jewelry.

He wanted to personally bid for those pieces of jewelry and gift them to Tessa. However, Lester had the same plan as him.

Lester walked over to greet them, and Stephen’s expression immediately fell. “Why are you here?”

“It’s a small world,” Lester replied with a polite smile.

Tessa nodded. “You two can continue chatting. I’ll head in first.”

“I’ll go with you,” Lester quickly suggested.

Stephen snorted before following Tessa into the main auction hall.

Soon, the auction began.

Tessa set her eyes on a pair of sapphire earrings. The starting bid was set at 500 thousand dollars Hence, she quickly raised hep paddle. “600 thousand dollars.”

Noticing how much Tessa liked that pair of earrings, Lester joined in on the bid He wanted to win the bid and give the earrings to Tessa, of course. “700 thousand dollars.”

Stephen quickly followed and said, “1 million dollars.” Seeing how he had increased the bid by 300 thousand dollars, it was clear that he was adamant on winning the sapphire earrings.

Frowning, Tessa looked in Stephen’s direction.

Suddenly, someone else joined in on the bid. “1.2 million dollars.”

“1.3 million dollars.”

“1.4 million dollars.”

“1.6 million dollars,” Lester exclaimed.

“2 million dollars,” Stephen bid.

Tessa had stopped bidding by now, but Stephen and Lester were now in a full-out bidding war.

As soon as Stephen called out his bid, Lester did not hesitate to lift his paddle. “2.2 million dollars.”

Stephen smirked coldly and followed suit. “2.5 million dollars.”

Lester was at a loss for words. Why did Stephen sound so sarcastic when he bid? Was he trying to insult him or something?

Watching the two of them fight it out, Tessa immediately lost all interest in that pair of sapphire earrings.

However, Lester was still going at it. “2.6 million dollars.”

“2.8 million dollars.” Stephen followed without missing a beat.

Lester turned to look at Tessa at this moment. He immediately stopped bidding

after he realized that she had lost interest in those earrings.

In the end, the sapphire earrings that had a starting bid of 500 thousand dollars

were bought by Stephen for 2.8 million dollars.

The next item up on the auction was a high-quality emerald bracelet.

Tessa also liked the bracelet, so when she heard that the starting price was 5 million dollars, she quickly made her bid. “5.2 million dollars.”