Chapter 56 Can’t Afford It
The staff on the side politely put the
emerald pipe in front of Nicole, who
picked it up and looked at it. There was a
small red spot at the bottom of the
tobacco pipe.
‘So it is the real deal… Nicole thought.
“Thank you,” Nicole said to the staff.
She simply ignored the two women who
were on the side. Quinn could not stand it
anymore and coldly snorted. “Nicole, are
your eyes on your feet? Don’t you know
how to be polite when you see your
elders?”
“How did she treat me back then? She
never treated me properly when I was her
daughter-in-law and expects me to treat
her like an elder now?’
Nicole’s eyes flickered. She raised an
eyebrow and said, “Oh, Mrs. Ferguson,
you’re here too. What a coincidence!”
Her words were enough to make Quinn
die from exasperation.
Quinn’s face turned red with anger. “You
think that just because you have a
backer, you don’t need to respect me?
Don’t forget that I’m your mother-in-law!”
Before Nicole and Eric’s divorce, Quinn
had never considered herself as Nicole’s
mother-in-law. Instead, Quinn only
thought of herself as a master and
treated Nicole as if she was a servant.
Whenever Nicole went back to the
Ferguson Villa, Quinn would always find
ways to mock Nicole’s lowly ingratiation.
She would make Nicole do housework
Fortunately, her mother was here, so
Ingrid worked up the courage to speak.
The atmosphere felt heavy for a moment.
Nicole’s smile faded as she swept a cold
glance at Ingrid. “Are you trying to teach
me what to do?”
Ingrid shrank to the back and dared not
make another sound. She just looked at
her mother helplessly.
The Ferguson mother-daughter pair
originally wanted to pull Nicole off her
high horse, then coax her and take the
emerald pipe away, but it turned out that
Nicole did not do anything as they had
planned.
If not for the staff in the room, Quinn
would have been more straightforward
and would not have the patience to
babble on with Nicole.
and chores, and find excuses to
reprimand and punish Nicole. Quinn
would often bring back other young
single ladies from other affluent familiest
o hang around in front of Nicole and even
gave those ladies Eric’s private numbers
o that Nicole would know what to do and
back off by herself.
At that time, Nicole was a thorn in Quinn’s
side.
Nicole could not help but laugh lightly.“
Have you gone senile? I divorced your
son long ago. You can find someone else
to be your daughter-in-law…”
“Nicole, you’re so rude! How can you talk t
o your elders like that?” Ingrid could not
help but speak up. She was greatly
humiliated by Nicole on several
occasions, so when she saw Nicole
again, she began to fear her.
Fortunately, her mother was here, so
Ingrid worked up the courage to speak.
The atmosphere felt heavy for a moment.
Nicole’s smile faded as she swept a cold
glance at Ingrid. “Are you trying to teach
me what to do?”
Ingrid shrank to the back and dared not
make another sound. She just looked at
her mother helplessly.
The Ferguson mother-daughter pair
originally wanted to pull Nicole off her
high horse, then coax her and take the
emerald pipe away, but it turned out that
Nicole did not do anything as they had
planned.
If not for the staff in the room, Quinn
would have been more straightforward
and would not have the patience to
babble on with Nicole.
Quinn was a little nervous and said,”
Nicole, I’ll give you $30 million. I must
take the pipe!”
She had already contacted her son
because she knew that she could not
hide it any longer. If Nicole really took
their family heirloom away, not to
mention her father-in-law, even her
husband would not forgive her!
Nicole paused for a moment and
laughed. “If you had $30 million, you
could’ve raised the bid earlier when it was
still fair play. Now it’s too late.”
“I’ve contacted Eric. He’ll be here soon.”
Quinn knew how obsessed Nicole was
with her son. Once Eric was here, she was
certain that Nicole would compromise
just to see him
“Whether he comes or not doesn’t
change the fact that this emerald pipe is
now mine.”
Nicole laughed. ‘Does she still think that
I’m the stupid woman from three years
ago? Does she think that I’ll forgive and
forget everything when I hear Eric’s name?
“Nicole, $30 million is not a small
amount. Can you even afford it?”
Quinn did not believe that the penniless
Nicole could fork out $30 million so easily.
Back then, Nicole married into the
Ferguson family without a penny to her
name. Quinn was laughed at by other high
-society women for having such a poor
daughter-in-law, so Nicole was a disgrace
to her.
Although Ingrid said that Nicole now had
a lot of men backing her, why would they
spend so much money on a divorced
woman? Were those men dumb?
Nicole hooked her lips, took out the black
card from her purse, and handed it to the
staff at the side. “Swipe it.”
There was no hesitation.
“Yes, Ms. Nicole.” The staff member took
the card with both hands.
Quinn and Ingrid stared at Nicole with
their pale faces. Ingrid felt so antsy and
kept clutching her phone to call someone.
‘Who is she calling? Eric Ferguson?’
Nicole smiled faintly. ‘It’s useless
regardless of who shows up!’
She could spend $30 million in a second
without the slightest hesitation and could
even afford to pay more than $30 million
as long as she wanted to!
“It’s useless for you to take this pipe.
What’s the point of spending so much on i
t?” Quinn softened her attitude and used
a roundabout way.
“I only took it out so that everyone could
see it. You know that this is the old man’s
life. He’ll die without this pipe. Do you
want to see him suffer at such an old
age?” Quinn said and began to cry.
‘Who are you acting for?’ Nicole looked at
Quinn with a cold gaze and wanted to
laugh
“Since you said so yourself that this is Old
Master Ferguson’s life, were you thinking
of killing him by putting it on auction?
You’re the reason for his suffering at his
old age. So… What do I have to worry
about? I bought this through the proper
channels with real money. Anyone here
can testify to it. The old man is quite
revered in the industry, so I believe that
he’ll understand what integrity means.”
“Ms. Nicole, the transaction is complete.”
The staff carefully handed her the card.
Nicole took it and signed her name on the
relevant documents. This emerald pipe
officially belonged to her now.
At that moment, the door was suddenly
pushed open…
