The Lord Mayor Falls in Love with Me novel Chapter 123

Sarah smiled disapprovingly, “Don’t worry. Even if I hadn’t fought back, they would certainly keep bullying me. In that case, why would I be a coward and endure it? Anyway, even if John Walter keeps having their back, I won’t suffer from them.”

Sarah had an epiphany after what had proved to be a sweet revenge. She didn’t think John Walter would abandon her for those two pretentious trophy lady friends. To say the least, she’d be very glad if he would…

The auction began in several minutes.

Joey and Sarah quickly returned to their respective bosses, Lawrence Charles and John Walter.

It was very competitive with many participants at first. With the bidding prices soaring, there were fewer and fewer bidders and finally there were only two bidders left, Lawrence Charles and John Walter.

It seemed that both of them were hell-bent on winning, with the bidding price of one party constantly higher than the other. Finally the price became ridiculously high.

At last, John Walter couldn’t pretend to be calm anymore. He pulled his tie loose agitatedly and cursed in a low voice, “What a lunatic!”

Lawrence Charles’s bidding price was always one million higher than the previous one, which meant that John Walter had to increase the price by at least one million when it was his turn. Moreover, their high bidding prices were pushing to the limit, and any higher price would make a bad bargain.

However, John Walter swore that he mustn’t lose to Lawrence Charles whenever he took a glance at Joey sitting next to his rival.

Therefore, John Walter refused to throw the towel and continued to bid up against Lawrence Charles.

Finally, Joey couldn’t bear to watch it any longer. She said to his boss nervously, “Mr. Charles, our bidding price has far exceeded our budget. I believe any higher price is uncalled for. Even if we won the bid on the franchise rights of Yummy Dish, I’m afraid it’s unlikely to be a profitable deal.”

Quentin nodded and agreed with Joey. As Lawrence Charles’s chief secretary general, he was obliged to remind his boss to make the right decision. Yet it was up to Lawrence Charles to make the final call.

However, despite Joey and Quentin’s sincere advice, Lawrence Charles was collected and determined. He paused for a second and said slowly, “I’ve promised someone that I will hand Yummy Dish over to her to run. So I’m determined to win, whatever it takes.”

Joey was surprised to hear it. She believed it was the girl Lawrence had been in love with when she and Amanda had gossiped about their boss in the office.

She thought she’d better say no more.

As for John Walter, Sarah couldn’t help offering her opinion, “Mr. President, I think we should stop bidding now. There's no profit at this bidding price.”

John Walter was even agitated. Although he hated to lose to Lawrence in the presence of Joey, he was a successful businessman who knew very well that a businessman should never make a bad bargain. Sarah’s advice gave him an opportunity to change his mind. He nodded as a sign of taking her advice.

The nerve-racking bidding competition finally came to an end and Lawrence Charles won it.

The audience started leaving in disappointment. John Walter stood up and shot a cold glance at Lawrence Charles from a few meters away, cursing through clenched teeth, “What a psycho!”

He shook his head and left with Sarah in anger.

Lawrence Charles raised his eyebrows indifferently and decided to ignore him.

The competitive bidding ended successfully and the representative of Yummy Dish finally showed up.

Joey was shocked to find that it was Philip.

It seemed that Philip had changed a lot after he left two months ago. He looked handsome in the white suit and more charismatic as a mature man.

When they looked at each other, his smile was warm and his eyes were affectionate as usual.

Joey slightly lowered her head, because she didn’t dare to look at him in the eye. She believed they weren’t destined to be lovers in this life.

It seemed that Lawrence Charles noticed their unusual relationship. He asked Joey to be in full charge of the following business procedures between the two parties.

Therefore, there was no way she would avoid Philip.

However, there were more surprises to come. Joey gasped when Lawrence Charles introduced the future owner of domestic franchise rights of Yummy Dish to her.

It was the pretty lesbian woman with heavy makeup who had molested Sarah and her at the Elsner Club.

What was different was that she now looked much less sophisticated with no makeup on. But her face was beautiful enough to make a quite deep impression on Joey. Joey recognized her at first sight.