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

hurriedly answered it with the Bluetooth headset I had on. Right at that moment, the host began

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

started?" Marius' question

over?" I nodded in

think you really should consider carefully

tone. He sighed and said, "I trust you'll understand soon." Then, the

up on me right away. With his words lingering in my mind, t tried my best to pretend to be

million," I followed up

not

even more nervous, I glared at him and continued

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

anyone

million." Silas bid again as he pierced me with his

I called out my bid

changed, Silas sneered

was completely unsettled at

Marius said last night and through the call just

host began to count down, "170 million going once, 170

knew I had to take

I shouted, determined