Shattered Expectations

Valerie continued to stare at the crowd indifferently as they discussed Declan's jadeite.

Like Valerie, Declan was uninterested in the stone-cutting process, so he went somewhere else.

While the woman was stretching lazily, Alden ran up to her like he was about to win the lottery. “It's almost our turn, Boss!”

Since Valerie had picked a small piece of uncut jadeite in the morning, her name was reg