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.

looking back repeatedly at the entrance to check for Marius' arrival. Silas' gaze landed on me from time to time. His stare and fearless expression put me even more

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

is 50 million, and the minimum increase

started?" Marius' question sounded

coming over?" I

question. He derailed the topic and advised, "Wanda, I think you really should consider carefully

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

in my mind, t tried my best

I followed

million." Silas followed up indifferently. I could not compare to his inherently majestic aura and

more nervous, I glared at him and continued to bid loudly, "100

price marked the climax of the auction, and even the host on stage

Green Orange has bid 100 million. Does anyone else want to bid?" His delighted

again as he pierced me with his

any hesitation, I called out my bid

things had changed, Silas

I was

said last night and through the call just now continued to repeat in my

I was having a dilemma, the host began to count down, "170 million

knew I had to take a

million!" I shouted, determined