My Billionaire Mom
Chapter 620

"Willa, this way," Loomis said as he led the way.

As a member of the Yeager family, he was entitled to use the private channels in the hotel. Even the other rich people at the venue were not qualified to see him as everything the hidden family did had to be kept a secret from others.

If they were accidentally discovered, they would get someone to silence whoever saw them.

In short, they had to stay hidden from outsiders.

Willa was at a loss. She had never been to a place like this before. Everything looked and felt strange to her.

She found somewhere to settle down mindlessly.

With a snap of his fingers, Loomis had someone send over some wine and snacks. He meant to do this in front of Willa to showcase his capabilities. Many women he had courted before had been won over this way.

Since Willa was a woman, it was only a matter of time before she was going to fall for him. He would enjoy this process of courting her slowly.

"Willa, have you recalled anything more?" Loomis asked, sitting a little closer to Willa as he did so.

"Not really," She replied. She honestly did not know what to feel.

She was sure that she had never been to this place that Loomis had brought her to before. However, she felt that it was somehow familiar.

Could it be that she knew some of the people that were here?

Willa thought that was the case.

Even so, there couldn't be such a coincidence, right? Willa's heart sank.

She was in the United States now, not her home country.

Loomis started to smirk when he found that Willa's expression was still blank. He had asked the doctor once more to confirm the severity of Willa's injuries. He had been told that the injury dealt to her head would make it impossible for her to restore her memories. It was a permanent side effect.

This meant that Willa won't be able to remember who it was that she loved. This would make her fall for him easier.

"Here, help yourself. Have something to eat," Loomis offered proudly.

"No, thank you, I'll pass," Willa shook her head, refusing his goodwill.

She could not shake off the sense of oddness she felt about Loomis. Did she really fall in love with Loomis in the past?

Why didn't she feel anything for him if that was the case?

"It's alright. Just tell me what you'd like later. I'll buy you whatever you want," Loomis said with a faint smile.

The more Willa refused him, the stronger his desire for her grew. It was an interesting feeling.

Just then, the auction commenced.

Loomis had already participated in many auctions before this. Therefore, he was not at all enticed by the items on display.

Instead, he took to lazily admiring the beautiful and bewildered Willa.

She was the epitome of perfection.

Loomis felt a little regretful as he gazed at her. He should have flown over to Willa long ago and win her heart over. It was unfortunate that someone so beautiful already had someone she fancied. He would regrettably not be her first love anymore.

What a pity.

However, it didn't matter. Willa's beauty was worth waiting for.

The auctioneer, Maria who made an appearance was wearing a dress that showed off her model-like figure. She garnered everyone's attention instantly.

Every wealthy individual that was there quieted down.

Maria smiled and started to announce, "Ladies and gentlemen, a warm welcome and a very good evening to all of you! You're all in for a treat today..." "Really? Would you happen to be one of those items?" Someone from the audience teased her with a smile.

Indeed, the auction today was not a very interesting one. Many of them only attended out of boredom. A beautiful auctioneer like Maria was more interesting to some.

"Me? Oh, Mr. Lowe, I'm not for sale today. However, you can ask me a little while later when we're alone. I promise I won't turn you down," Maria giggled slightly.

The crowd laughed cheerily at that.

The atmosphere in the hall became all the more lively. As an auctioneer, she had to think of ways to keep the atmosphere alive, so of course, she had to make some sacrifices along the way.

"The first item to be auctioned off is a painting from three hundred years ago..."

As Maria introduced, those who were interested paid close attention. However, Chuck was not in the mood for any of this. He really wanted to go out for a walk.

However, Yvette had been pinning him down with her gaze from just now. He knew that she was just worried about him, so he didn't make a big fuss about wanting to leave.

Yet, these auction items were meaningless to him. Oil paintings, statues, antiques... It bored him.

After all, Chuck had never learned to appreciate such things. If he wanted a particular oil painting, he could just ask for it from his mother and he could instantly get it. There was no need to attend an auction fo such a thing.

Chuck was merely not interested in such items.

After half the auction had passed, the traditional herbs that Karen had mentioned before were finally presented on the stage.

"I see that we have several foreign guests here. Here on auction, we have a specially prepared traditional herb! It is thousand-year-old ginseng with calming effects to ensure ease of sleep. The starting bid is a 5 million dollars. Let's begin!" Maria finished the introduction.

The few foreigners that were in the hall started to bid against each other.

"6 million!"

"8 million!"

"10 million!"

The price rose rapidly. Yvette decided that they would be able to afford the price, so she wanted to wait till the last minute.

It should end up costing them a few million dollars.

After all, in a country like the United States, traditional medicine was not very popular.

Indeed, the bidding price rose to what Yvette had expected. The only people who bid for the ginseng were a few foreigners. Everyone else did not seem interested in the least. After all, only the foreigners themselves knew how rare and precious ginseng was.

"50 million dollars!" Yvette finally yelled when she thought it was appropriate.

The hall fell dead silent after that.

It was a high price. Even though everyone here was rich, for someone to raise the price up to 50 million dollars at one go was a little intimidating.

"Hubby, don't worry. I'll get this ginseng for the injury on your head," Yvette whispered to Chuck.

Moved, Chuck could only nod.

Black Rose merely stayed in the corner and kept quiet.

She knew that this price was nothing to both Karen and Yvette. If the bid had risen up to ten billion dollars, they would have no problem affording it as well. However, it was obvious that an item worthy of ten billion dollars wouldn't appear at such an ordinary auction.

It was impossible.

Therefore, Black Rose closed her eyes and leaned back from the lack of interest.

"100 million dollars!"

Someone had yelled out in the midst of the silence.

It was Loomis.

Thousand-year-old ginseng? He had several of those at home. Some were even more valuable and were legitimately certified by experts.

He was bored just now, so he decided to place a bid casually.

Everyone in the hall gaped in shock.

At an auction like this, it was rare for something to reach the bidding price of a hundred million dollars. Furthermore, so much just for a ginseng? It was odd.

Yvette frowned. Chuck stood up and yelled.

"150 million!"

However, before Yvette could process what was happening, Loomis had immediately hiked the price up...

"300 million!"

His voice suddenly rang out.

Shocked gasps echoed in the hall.

The crowd had burst into an uproar. Maria herself was shocked by the scene.

They estimated that the price of this ginseng would bid up to 50 million dollars at most. She was already surprised when Yvette offered that exact price just now, and was even more taken aback when its price scaled up to 300 million in less than ten seconds.

This was a sky-high price for a ginseng plant.

"Oh my god, who is the bidder? 300 million just for ginseng?! What on earth is that person thinking?"

"That fellow must be amazing! Gosh, who can it be? I really want to get to know him..."

"300 million... The one that bid 50 million just now must be thinking about backing down now..."

"Absolutely! It's 300 million dollars we're talking about here! How could anyone bid any higher than that?"

The people at the auction were astounded by Loomis' bold move.

After a heated discussion, everyone started to quiet down to see what would happen next.

Pin-drop silence soon filled the hall.

Meanwhile, Loomis watched all this unfold with a faint smile on his face. 300 million dollars was no big deal to him. He had only done this for fun anyway.

That was all.

Maria choked a little on her own spit from the shock before proceeding to call on the price, "300 million dollars! Is anyone else going to bid higher than that?" Even as she said those words, she was still in a state of disbelief.

"How could there be anyone else?"

"Yeah, that's already an absurd price for a ginseng plant. Who else would bid higher than that?"

The guests started to chatter again and shared their own opinions. They did not think that anyone would attempt to outbid 300 million dollars.

After all, it was just thousand-year-old ginseng.

Who would bid a higher price for it?

The hall was quiet for a few seconds before someone suddenly spoke out, "400 million dollars!"

It disrupted the silence, as though casting a stone into the river to create ripples.

The crowd was astonished by the development of events. Who was this bidder?