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

Bluetooth headset I had on. Right at that moment, the host began announcing the reserve price for North

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

auction started?" Marius' question sounded through

be coming over?" I nodded in

advised, "Wanda, I think you really should consider carefully whether you

Marius's tone. He sighed and said, "I trust

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,

million," I followed

indifferently. I could not compare to his inherently

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

of the auction, and even the host on

million. Does anyone else want to bid?" His delighted

bid again as he pierced me with

out my bid

Silas sneered and announced light-heartedly, "170

composed whereas I was completely unsettled at

night and through the call just now continued to repeat

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

I had to take a

shouted, determined to