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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my nerves. However, I experienced sudden shower of

offer for the bidding. “Fifty thousand

the surroundings, bringing a joyous smile to my face. I sat

“One million dollars!”

jump in prize excited others, they actively participated in bidding.

“Two million dollars!”

Three million dollars!”

“Four million dollars!”

dollars, the pin–drop silence prevailed in the hall, none of the bidders spoke up after that. This was the plan, a trap to make me the focal

the bidding

joked lightheartedly,

the market price. Add some millions

won’t be wasting

walked towards me

“Or wait?

one will bid now because

up

allegation.

offended

can force us to buy

is business dealing,

wannabes try to manipulate the results every

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scheme to thrust me into a whirlwind of criticism. He was about to flash

better than you, Mr.

have a history of using such devious methods for

on the stage, playing the video of the documents 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 annual auction, Mr. Leo.

you manage to buy the most

even budge, he replied to him confidently,

Mr. Henry. With

his arms over his chest, he appeared nonchalant, unaffected by Henry’s question. So, my brother

in a room, where different men

dollars for the diamond necklace, and Leo, what was your call for that

faces were blurred for privacy, we could only see Leo, speaking with a smug