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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on my nerves. However, I experienced sudden shower of serenity and peace

the first offer for

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

“One million dollars!”

in prize excited others, they actively

“Two million dollars!”

Three million dollars!”

“Four million dollars!”

none of the bidders spoke up after that. This was the plan, a trap

the bidding process.

lightheartedly, “Come

This is half of the market

still, you won’t be wasting

in his glory, he walked towards me and spoke

“Or wait?

now because of the former agreement.”

stirred up

allegation.

were offended by

no one can

that businessman’s claim, “This is business dealing, Mr. Richmond. You and

try to manipulate the

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

than you,

of using such devious methods for your

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

he landed him the file, “These are the sales

to buy the most desired

didn’t even budge, he

Henry. With money!”

unaffected by Henry’s

room, where different men were

million dollars for the diamond necklace, and Leo, what was

privacy, we could only see Leo, speaking