Chapter 488 Injured Rachel

Meryl was about to inquire further when the phone in her bag rang.

Seeing her attention diverted, the bodyguard let out a sigh of relief. Worried that she might ask too many questions, he quickly took the opportunity to slip away while she answered her call.

“Meryl, is everything alright? Why haven’t you come back yet?”

The auction had ended at ten o’clock in the evening. It was already nearing eleven, and Anne, having not heard from Meryl, was starting to worry if something had happened to her.

“I’m sorry, Anne. I couldn’t secure that bracelet for you.”

“Not even for eighty million?” Anne was surprised. The bracelet was worth at most fifty million dollars, and Anne had prepared eighty million, fearing someone might deliberately drive up the price.

“Yes.” Meryl gently lowered her eyes. “It was auctioned off for a hundred million.”

Hearing that the bracelet had actually sold for a staggering hundred million dollars, Anne gasped in shock. Anne had thought that spending eighty million was already quite extravagant. Who could be more extravagant than her?

Meryl replied truthfully in a low voice, “It was Chandler.”

Anne was stunned for a few seconds, then began to indulge in her fantasies. “Did he buy it for you? Oh my God! Is Chandler that romantic? He spent a hundred million dollars on you! But isn’t this a bit funny? Didn’t you two discuss it? I was the one who took a liking to that bracelet… This makes me feel a bit awkward.”

Anne could even imagine the scene. At the auction, Meryl repeatedly bid on an emerald bracelet. Chandler generously outbid everyone else and secured it with one decisive offer. Afterward, he would present the bracelet to his beloved wife… How romantic! Anne felt he had suddenly become a shipper of Meryl and Chandler.

Meanwhile, Rachel, who had jumped from the tenth floor into the pool, was fished out by the staff on site. She was in pain all over, as if she had been brutally run over by a car, every bone crushed. Rachel felt a strong taste of blood in her mouth, her mind blank. She was completely soaked, and she was wearing an off-the-shoulder gown. At this moment, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, she was virtually naked.

Suddenly, Rachel spat out a large mouthful of blood. The blood splashed onto the bank, then slowly meandered into the pool along with the water soaking her body, looking somewhat bloody and eerie.

Everyone panicked for a moment. Rachel’s face was pale, looking so weak, barely breathing.

“Wow. Her lungs must be damaged, right? Call an ambulance quickly!”

“It seems quite serious. She might not make it!”

“Where did she come from?”

“I saw it. She seemed to have fallen from the tenth floor or so! That’s a high altitude!”

“Why did this happen?”

For a while, everyone was talking, speculating about what had happened. Rachel made no sound because she was in so much pain. She felt it was difficult to breathe, as if her lungs were filled with blood. Even a stone dropped from the tenth floor might shatter upon impact. She was lucky to have fallen into the swimming pool, but what if she hadn’t? Perhaps she would have died.

Suddenly, a man in black appeared in the crowd.