Unmasking Mrs. Newton's Secret Identities novel Chapter 963

Helen deftly avoided Freddie and Sabrina. She offered Kendrick a quick overview of the inner room before promptly heading back to the outer area.

"Ms. Spencer, Freddie has found several top-tier gemstones lately. There's probably not much valuable material left inside," Kendrick remarked, following her closely.

"Got it," Helen responded with a blank expression, showing little emotion.

She then stepped out of the inner room and into the outer area, where the less refined, rough stones were displayed.

"Ms. Spencer," Kendrick called out urgently, "you might not realize, but all the top-grade stones from the Muskham family have been taken from the inner room. The outer area mostly contains waste stones. We need to go back inside right away."

"Noted," Helen replied. Despite this, she showed no intention of changing her course. She meticulously examined the display cabinets in the outer hall.

Without delay, she approached the registration desk and recited a series of numbers. "10896, 11023…"

She listed five numbers in total, all in the ten-thousand range.

Kendrick was momentarily at a loss. Nonetheless, he knew there was still a chance.

The rough stones were numbered sequentially by the organizers according to their preliminary evaluations.

Lower numbers signified a higher probability of valuable emeralds, while higher numbers indicated lower quality.

The top 6,000 stones were reserved for the inner room. Given that Helen had only chosen from the outer hall, it was clear that none of her picks were of the highest quality.

To Kendrick, it seemed she had given up on the gemstone auction.

"Ms. Spencer, it's not over until the final moment. We could still uncover something valuable," he urged, making a final appeal.

"Even if it means taking some risks, we should head to the inner room and look at a few stones. This way, we can minimize our losses and perhaps get lucky, just as we did in Stagville."

Indeed, Helen carried herself with the innate confidence of a true winner. Even if she didn't succeed this time, her brilliance remained unmistakable; like pure gold, she was destined to shine regardless of the outcome.

Kendrick fell silent and turned to the registrar. "Could you please handle the registration for Ms. Helen Spencer?"

"Certainly," the registrar replied. "Just to confirm, you only had one stone recorded earlier. Are you sure you want to choose more stones from the outer area on the final day of the event? It's quite a large quantity."

Well-acquainted with the latest gossip, the registrar immediately recognized Kendrick and knew that the woman with him was the one competing against Freddie.

He intentionally raised his voice and stressed the phrase "stones from the outer area", drawing considerable attention from the crowd.

"Look, it seems Helen has devised a solid strategy now!"

"Wow, she's incredibly bold. I can't believe she's using only stones from the outer area from beginning to end. It's clear she's going all out to take on Freddie!"