The Black Swan's Final Revenge Pirouette: The 99th Game Was Mine All Along by Kylie Homme

Chapter 82

Something was wrong.

Henry was supposed to be here. He promised. But now, his number was unreachable.

My fingers clenched around my phone, heart hammering against my ribs. Breathe, Laura.

Breathe.

The host took the stage, his voice echoing through the grand hall, but his words blurred into background noise. My eyes darted across the room, scanning every entrance. Where the

hell was Henry?

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the annual auction of Lakon City. We are honored by

interest in charity for the poor and needy!

your

He shed light on the uniqueness of sale items, thanking the sponsors, but it wasn’t of my concern. Henry’s disappearance tightened my throat. I noticed the signature, cold smile toying on Leo’s lips as he talked to his table fellows. He was back to his old self to openly celebrate his approaching victory.

Meanwhile, the auction started with vintage jewelry, fucking my brain. So, as a last resort, I texted Henry’s assistant.

“Where’s Henry, Brad? Why are you here alone?”

Luckily, Brad was in his right mind, he messaged me swiftly.

“Boss is on his way, ma’am. Please enjoy.”

Enjoy?

My foot!

My erratic heartbeat was aching my chest, running me out of patience with every passing second. I hardly composed myself during the first three item sales. But when the host announced the ceramic’s auction, I lost it and got up.

“Excuse me.”

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of relief, Henry’s delay was getting on my nerves. However, I experienced sudden shower of

for the bidding. “Fifty thousand

joyous smile to

“One million dollars!”

in prize excited others,

“Two million dollars!”

Three million dollars!”

“Four million dollars!”

silence prevailed in the hall, none of the bidders spoke

bidding

joked lightheartedly, “Come

is half of the market price. Add

won’t be wasting

glory, he walked towards me and

“Or wait?

bid now because of the former agreement.”

statement stirred up chaos

allegation.

were offended by this

bidding, no one can force us to buy anything.”

chuckled at that businessman’s claim, “This is business dealing, Mr. Richmond.

to manipulate the results every year,

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the darkness of his heart, devising a scheme to thrust me into a whirlwind of criticism. He was about to flash is fabricated evidence to ruin my name, but Henry changed the narrative in one shot.

it better than you, Mr. Leo aka

history of using such devious methods for your

Henry collected through investigation. The storm of truth immediately cleared the thick fog of

Leo, he landed him the file, “These are the sales records from the previous five years

you like to explain how you manage to buy the most desired sports–related article

Leo didn’t even budge, he replied to

Mr. Henry. With

chest, he appeared nonchalant, unaffected by Henry’s question. So, my

secret meeting in a room, where different men were

the diamond necklace, and

could only see