Chapter 47 An Agitated

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“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.

deliberate intensity,

you

Lennon hesitated, sweat forming at his

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

eyes.

was he supposed to do

town, Eric leaned casually against his car, a day’s work behind

Silver Villas, his eyes drifted toward the scenery

thought crossed his mind.

“Sebastian.”

“Yes, Mr. Flynn?”

will drive myself. You can take a cab and go

exactly are

“No need.”

the offer. Without another word, he slid into the driver’s seat and

silent

in place, watching the car veer left at the next intersection.

the opposite direction. “Where is he going?”

was headed

of Hadley, but tonight, something in

inside him–urged him

unraveling at the nightclub.

Blake, you can’t go in there! That’s the staff only area!”

of my

was already a firestorm, fueled by disappointment and wounded pride. He hadn’t gotten the result he expected, and in his world, that meant both his money and

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way he was letting this

area, his finger stabbing the air as he singled out Lennon. “I have spent a fortune on her, and

toward the onlookers trailing behind him like moths drawn to the

them if my request is

“Unreasonable? Hardly!”

course, it’s fair!”

for the drama, nothing

I’m telling the truth, Mr. Flynn-”

Mr. Flynn’s name

the burn of alcohol only

he sent Lennon stumbling.

use his name like this?

“Ouch!”

barely managing to stay on his feet before he hit

Shakin

Cody, who had already bulldozed his way into the

the middle of wiping off their makeup and

Cody stormed a chorus of startled shrieks

is S? Tell her to come out and share a drink

with me!”

“Her?”

“S?”

the room as every gaze instinctively landed

her makeup and was without her mask. However, she reacted swiftly, slipping it back on the instant Cody barged in.

served to make her stand out even more. Cody’s eyes gleamed with

laugh burst from

forward, he zeroed

you

straightened, keeping her voice as composed as a still lake. “Good evening. May

moment, Cody faltered. He could not see her face,

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