The Woman From Hell

The day of the bidding had come.

As I was the representative, I was seated in the front, while Shannon and Tyler were behind me.

Silas was just three seats away from me, and he looked confident as usual.

Yet it was this confidence that annoyed me a little.

Silas smiled at me like he was provoking me. "President Lane, you're early today."

In an attempt to gauge his thoughts, I asked back deliberately, "Aren't you early too, Chairman Yard? From the looks of you, you look like you're determined to win the development rights to North Courts?" "Who knows? I resign myself to fate today." Silas sighed in response and shrugged his shoulders.

I was confused when I heard that. He did not seem like someone who would say something like that, so there must be a deeper meaning behind it.

I turned back to look at Shannon and Tyler who were behind me. Why was Marius not here yet?

"Where's Marius?" I asked Shannon

She tapped on her cell phone and replied, "I tried calling him, but no one answered. Perhaps he's on his way now."

"Alright." I nodded.

I lowered my head, trying to appear calm despite feeling anxious inside.

the entrance to check for Marius' arrival. Silas' gaze landed

a sudden, the phone in my grasp vibrated, and I hurriedly answered it with the Bluetooth headset I had on. Right at that moment, the host began announcing the reserve price

through the speaker, "The reserved price is 50 million, and the minimum increase is 500,000. The bidding

the auction started?" Marius' question sounded through

be coming over?" I nodded in confirmation

think you really should consider carefully whether

unconfident when I heard Marius's tone. He sighed and said, "I

not believe he hung up on me right away. With his words lingering in my mind, t tried my best to pretend to be calm. At that instant, I heard Silas bid, "80

million," I followed

million." Silas followed up indifferently. I could not compare to his

I glared at him and

of the auction, and even the host on stage

Orange has bid 100 million. Does anyone else want to

Silas bid again as he

called out

Silas

composed whereas I was completely unsettled

said last night and through the call

having a dilemma, the host began to count down, "170 million going once, 170 million

had to

million!" I shouted,