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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delay was getting on my nerves. However, I

made the first offer for the bidding. “Fifty

in the surroundings, bringing a joyous smile to

“One million dollars!”

prize excited others,

“Two million dollars!”

Three million dollars!”

“Four million dollars!”

I raised the offer to ten million dollars, the pin–drop silence prevailed in the hall, none of the bidders spoke up after that. This was the plan, a

the bidding process.

joked lightheartedly,

guys. This is half of the market

won’t be wasting

in his glory, he walked towards me and

“Or wait?

bid now because of

stirred up chaos in the hall,

allegation.

offended

open bidding, no one can force us to

claim, “This is business

how wannabes try to manipulate the results every

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had finally revealed the darkness of his heart, devising a scheme to thrust me into a whirlwind of criticism. He was

one knows it better than you, Mr. Leo aka

a history of using such devious methods for your company.”

stage, playing the video of the documents Henry collected through investigation. The storm of truth immediately cleared the thick

“These are

how you manage to buy the most desired sports–related article every year

didn’t even budge,

Henry. With

unaffected by Henry’s question. So,

of a secret meeting in a room, where

dollars for the Tiara, sixty million dollars for the diamond necklace, and Leo, what was your call for that esthetic ceramic bowl?”

could only see