Chapter 47 An Agitated

Customer

“Miss S, raise a toast to Mr. Flynn!”

“Raise a toast!”

The crowd at Galant erupted in cheers, their voices bouncing off the walls like a rolling tide. Yet, in the midst

of the excitement, a realization dawned upon them–neither Eric nor Hadley was present.

“Where is Mr. Flynn?”

“Has anyone seen him? I don’t see him anywhere.”

Soon, murmurings turned into certainty–Eric had not made an appearance at all.

“Come on now,” someone teased, amusement laced in their voice.

“Mr. Lewis, how does Mr. Flynn claim the title of top patron if he has not even set foot in the place tonight?”

“Are you pulling the wool over our eyes?”

“Or is it that you have locked Miss S away, unwilling to let her grace us with her presence?”

“No, no!”

Lennon frantically waved his hands, motioning for the growing unrest to settle. “Here is the situation. Mr. Flynn

may not be here in person, but he did leave behind a message.”

A message. That was all Lennon could offer.

After all, if he revealed the prearranged scheme–where Eric would automatically outbid anyone by half a

million dollars—it would be akin to stirring a hornet’s nest.

The Flynn family commanded power, but the gathered guests were not the type to be trifled with either.

“A message, you say?”

That explanation carried as much weight as a feather in a storm,

“So, Mr. Flynn can place bets from thin air now?”

“Hold on a second for now! I recall Galant’s rules clearly. If you are not present, your bid does not count!”

That statement struck a chord, heads nodding in agreement like synchronized pendulums.

“That is right! Rules are rules!”

The agitation swelled like a rising tide, particularly in Cody Blake, the second–highest bidder of the night

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Cody, heir to the Blake Group, had always been a steadfast admirer of S, never hesitating to spend extravagantly on her performances.

Cody was predicted by everyone to be tonight’s biggest winner. It had appeared to be a given.

It was unexpected that Lennon would declare Eric the winner.

Cody had swallowed his displeasure at first, but now, the tide had shifted in his favor.

Cody called out, stepping forward with deliberate intensity, his finger jabbing in

you not bound

is…” Lennon hesitated, sweat forming

silence the crowd. The web of deception he had spun was unraveling before his

eyes.

he supposed to

against his car, a day’s work behind him. As the

drifted toward the scenery beyond

crossed his

“Sebastian.”

“Yes, Mr. Flynn?”

have something to handle. Stop the car and I will drive myself. You can take a cab and go

in confusion. “Mr. Flynn, where exactly are you going?

“No need.”

his head, declining the offer. Without another word, he slid into the driver’s seat

silent

rooted in place, watching the car veer left at the

opposite direction. “Where

headed for Galant.

stayed away for some time, partly because of Hadley, but tonight, something in the air–or

inside him–urged

was unraveling at the nightclub.

Blake, you can’t go in there! That’s

of my way!”

expected, and in his world, that

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was letting

as he singled out

swept his arm toward the onlookers trailing behind him like moths drawn to the scent of

them if my

“Unreasonable? Hardly!”

course, it’s fair!”

were here for the drama, nothing more.

Blake, I swear I’m telling

Mr. Flynn’s name

had marinated himself in liquor, and the burn of alcohol only made

sent Lennon stumbling.

you use his name like this?

“Ouch!”

his

Shakin

already bulldozed his way into the

wiping off their makeup and

of startled shrieks

them no mind, cutting straight to the chase. “Where is S? Tell her to come out and

with me!”

“Her?”

“S?”

as every

her makeup and was without her mask. However, she reacted swiftly, slipping it

make her stand out even more. Cody’s eyes

burst from his

forward, he zeroed in on

where you have

lake. “Good evening. May

could not see her face, but something about

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