Mine! No Objections Allowed (Mikhaiah Adaptation)

Chapter 2 : I Intend To Pursue

As times modernize, so do people's standards. Even donating money has changed to a high-end method. Before, donating was always cash and cheques, the more the better. Now it was not enough anymore, you had to take out your treasures and donate whatever amount you managed to sell them for.

Charity galas differ from prize-giving ceremonies in that seating plans were crafted with care here. Those who sat in front were not necessarily famous actors, they tended to be CEOs with money, who were willing to spend.

Aiah's seat was arranged to be near the rear but not too far behind. She sat down leisurely and smiled at some of the more familiar faces as a greeting before she picked up the auction list placed in front of her.

Her heel was really hurting just now; she'd probably rubbed a layer of skin off. She really had no energy to keep running after the woman just to clarify which 'Mikhaela' it was.

Aiah perused the auction list, where the names of all the auctioneers are listed. Even after a thorough search though, she couldn't find a single "Mikhaela" or "Lim" -she couldn't even find anyone with 'Lim' as a surname.

What!?

He's not auctioning anything!?

"Aiah, that dress is very becoming of your figure."

Aiah turned her head. Beside her was Denise Chu, who, like her, was an actress who mainly acted as second leads. They had met many times at auditions, and Aiah's impression of her was... blank.

They had never conversed before.

Aiah smiled, graciously accepting her compliment.

Denise continued, "Are you auctioning or donating tonight?"

Aiah said, "Donate."

"How coincidental, me too. It's an ancestral small pendant, I can't bear letting it go."

Aiah let out an "Ah".

Bluntly put, almost half the celebrities around were auctioning their 'heirlooms'.

As to whether or not it was an heirloom, that would remain a mystery. There were still plenty people buying, some because they felt like spending lots of money on a celebrity's item or items, was rather good for boasting; some because they simply wish to donate and pick something they find acceptable; while some... investors, will also spend lots of money to buy auctions to give to their sugar babies and keep their reputations as a 'tycoon'.

As if finally feeling Aiah's indifference, Denise no longer tried to butter her up. She turned around and started conversing with some other ladies, leaving Aiah finally with some peace and quiet.

At the start of the gala, the host took a long time before finally slowly getting to the topic.

After successfully auctioning a few items, the atmosphere got livelier and the host started introducing the next item.

"Actress Denise Chu is auctioning a pendant made of white jade. The pendant... is carved delicately, with a rather intricate style...it is rumored to be an heirloom of the Chu family, with a starting price of two hundred fifty thousand pesos."

It was rather tough on the organizers to have to come up with all these adjectives for the pendant.

Aiah leisurely hugged her waist, looked at the pendant on the screen and assessed it silently.

Which person would be silly enough to really bring their ancestral heirloom here and auction it? This pendant, based on her experience running a street stall, was worth at most five hundred pesos.