Other people in the chat were shocked by Anon12358 too. Messages popped up one after another.
"Oh my god, this guy is a real whale. I didn't expect that."
"He's spending so much money just to chase after some girl…"
"Could this guy be the CEO who's trying to coax his wife?"
Joanna stared at the top donor's profile picture. She became even more curious about the identity behind the anonymous ID.
They thought the matter had come to an end.
Mandy, filled with excitement, said loudly to the camera, "The contest will end in five minutes. Thank you to the top donor for helping me get on the dating show. I'll keep my promise. I'll prepare a romantic candlelight dinner for you and Joanna…"
But suddenly, another mysterious person started donating like crazy too. With 160,000 dollars worth of donation, he successfully wrestled the top donor spot away from Anon12358.
Everyone became really excited. The number of viewers kept climbing until it reached 50 million.
"W-Wow… thank you "Shadow" for the donation. The top donor has changed, which means that the person who will be having candlelight dinner with Joanna has changed as well."
Mandy stuttered. Her knees, which had just recovered, started to go weak again.
Were there really that many rich people these days? They spent so much money without batting an eye. It was a behavior beyond her understanding.
Of course Anon12358 would not give up so easily. He immediately added 10,000 dollars to his donation, competing for the top donor spot with Shadow.
And thus, the top donor spot changed hands multiple times during the last five minutes, going back and forth between those two people.
The competition was so intense that everyone who was watching found it hard to breathe. They counted down in the chat: "5,4, 3, 2,1".
In the end, Anon12358 snatched back the position of top donor with a total donation of nearly 4 million dollars!
"Thank you, Anonl 2358. Thank you so much. I can see that you really like my cousin. I hope to see you tomorrow evening!"
Mandy put her hands together and thanked the audience incessantly, almost going down to her knees.
Joanna was also touched. She looked into the camera and said, "Whoever you are, I'll be waiting for you tomorrow evening… *muah*"
She gave the camera a charming smile and even blew a kiss. She was as seductive as a succubus.
On the other end, Ace, a.k.a. Anonl2358 who just spent 4 million dollars to become the top donor, was very calm. His cold face was devoid of expression as always.
He had a vague feeling that he had been tricked by that woman again, and the M.O. even felt a bit familiar.
"Damn it!"
Ace wanted to slap himself.
He did not know why he would lose control of his heart and his hand like that.
Of course, he did not slap himself. Instead, he did something a bit childish – he hit the image of Joanna on the phone screen.
Well, he was going to, but at that very moment, Joanna blew a kiss, so Ace's long fingers froze in mid air, and the gloom in his eyes turned into gentleness.
He caressed Joanna's fair, delicate face on the screen like he was caressing a kitten while whispering, "Joanna… you've finally come back!"
Suddenly, the door of his office was pushed open.
"Stop, Mr. Stuart! You can't go in without Mr. Moran's permission!"
Ace's secretary spread her arms and pretended to block Ethan's way.
In truth, everyone in the company, including her, wanted Ethan to go in and so that they could see what their proud CEO was doing fast update
After all, all of them watched the exciting live stream just now.
A lot of them guessed that the top donor who donated 4 million dollars must be Ace!
Ace did not expect someone to barge in. He guiltily turned off his phone.
If anyone found out that he was the idiot who spent 4 million dollars just to make a woman happy, it would be extremely embarrassing.
"Bro, did you watch your wife's stream just now?"
Ethan rushed up to Ace with an excited look on his face and immediately asked, "Tell me honestly, are you the stupid top donor who fell for their trick?"
Ace appeared disinterested. While flipping through the documents in his hand, he said expressionlessly, "What stream?"
"Stop pretending. There's no way you didn't know about something that big. Moreover… it's your wife's live stream! There's no way you would miss it!"
Ace didn't even look up. "I'm busy."
What he meant was: Shut the hell up!
Ethan knew Ace would not admit it. After all, the guy had always been proud.
Therefore, he snatched the phone that Ace had placed aside before Ace could react.
'Your phone is turned off. That's even more suspicious. I have to check it!"
Ethan tried to turn on the phone.
"Give it back!"
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Ace lifted his eyes and gave Ethan a death stare.
Ethan gulped and immediately changed his mind. He obediently put the phone back in place and said, "Bro, so what if you watched it? You don't have to feel embarrassed about it. It's nothing embarrassing."
'You know what's embarrassing, though? When you turned half the world upside down to find your wife, but not only did you fail to find her, you even got tricked by her. Now that's… pfft hahaha… now that's embarrassing…"
Ethan originally intended to talk to Ace earnestly.
But when he recalled what happened four years ago, he could not help bursting out into laughter. Ace had rushed to a certain island to find Joanna, but not only did he fail to find her, he even got tricked by her. He had to beg over a hundred island inhabitants before he managed to escape.
What's worse, the video of what he said to the island inhabitants was posted on the Moran Group's official twitter account for five whole minutes! Talk about public humiliation!
Since then, Ethan and Christopher had been laughing regularly at Ace about the video for their personal amusement.
Four years had passed now, so it was not as funny anymore.
But now that Joanna had suddenly returned, it became funny again.
Ethan could not hold back his laughter. He held his stomach and laughed for five minutes!
"Do you want to die? I don't mind helping you."
Ace could not stand it anymore. He put down the documents and cracked his knuckles.
"Spare me, your highness!"
Ethan took a deep breath and tried to stop laughing.
"This nonsense is what you came to talk about?"
Ace asked impatiently.
"It's not nonsense. I'm sincerely telling you to go find your darling wife and make up with her. If you don't hurry… As you saw for yourself tonight, lots of wolves have their eyes on her. Don't let her slip away from your grasp again."
Ethan advised earnestly.
Ace said coldly, "There's no need."
"Bro, why are you so stubborn? You're obviously not over her. Who are you trying to fool?"
"It's over between us. If there's even a sliver of possibility left, I would have looked for her long ago. I wouldn't have waited until now."
Ace said with a serious expression.
He knew very well that over meant over. Getting hung up on it would not be wise.
"Are you sure it wasn't because you weren't able to find her?"
Ethan's mockery was met with Ace's death glare. He immediately changed the topic. "Well, if you're well and truly over her, I won't hold back anymore… To be honest, the third highest donor today is none other than yours truly!"
Ace reflexively asked, "If you're the third highest donor, then who's the second highest?"