My Wife is a Sassy Queen

They all laughed at Jennifer’s cute expressions.

Liliana enlightened everyone, “This is a family heirloom with a history. If I sell it to a collector along with the rest of the set-pieces, it’ll be over 200 billion dollars, which will bring its worth to more than 20 billion. At least that was the price I was offered a few years back.”

Henry was curious, “What else do you have along with it?”

Mariana explained, “Tiara, necklace, three different pairs of earrings, a few rings, two different bracelets.”Belonging © NôvelDram/a.Org.

They were all stunned.

James asked her curiously, “You know it so well.”

Mariana pouted at Liliana, “This is the one set of jewelry she won’t let me wear.”

Jennifer asked, “Why?”

Liliana wrinkled her nose at Mariana as she turned to Jennifer, “It’s a family heirloom. People outside the family can’t wear it.”

Liam asked, “Are you going to put everything up for auction?”

Liliana shook her head, “No, just the necklace for now.”

They all caught the implication. Jennifer asked, “For now?”

Liliana nodded absentmindedly, “This is not Mom’s only piece of jewelry that had gone missing. I want to start with this first. Once the perpetrators realize they are in a pickle and start their scheme again, we will lead them to my trap step by step.”

Henry asked, “Under whose name will you put it up for auction?”

Liliana asked, “Anonymous, but with someone finding out who is doing it just when they are short on cash and realize what they have in hand is just a replica.”

Jonathan asked, “Makes sense. Why this auction, though?”

Liliana looked at him and for a second did not know if she should tell him the truth or not.

Mariana scoffed but held her tongue.

Only Mariana and Liam in the group knew that Jonathan was Liliana’s husband.

While Mariana knew that this auction was organized once every four years where the spouse of the heir was supposed to claim a Petrova heirloom and present it to the heir to make their pairing official, Liam was smart enough to sense it must be one of Liliana’s royal traditions.

The rest of them waited for Liliana’s explanation who did not know what to say, “Let’s just say it’s special. After all, this auction is widely anticipated, so anything that happens in there will make quite a sensation.”

Jonathan understood she did not want to reveal her secrets and did not push for it even if he was curious.

James nodded in understanding, “I guess, unless you want to buy it yourself, Jonathan is the one who should be buying it for you.”

Henry felt something was weird. He had known Liliana for years and she was not the one to accept favors from others. But she had included Jonathan in her life and schemes and taken his help multiple times over.

He looked at Mariana who had a scowl on her face, Liam who had a poker face on as always and he could not decipher anything. Jennifer was just as clueless as the rest of them.