The display case was nearly two meters tall and covered with a layer of red cloth that concealed the contents inside.Seeing that Elijah was finally interested but only because the word ‘beauty’ was mentioned, Celeste couldn’t help pouting and threatened softly, “How dare you be interested in beautiful women. Watch out. I’ll go back and tell on you to Alice!”Caught between laughter and tears, Elijah said, “It’s not what you think.”But he soon stopped talking to Celeste because Elena was pulling the red satin cloth away from the display case on the stage. As she did so, she said, “Next, we’ll take a look at what Item 10 looks like!”Under the red cloth was a glass display case, in which there was a young girl who was scantily clad in clothes that covered only her private areas. She seemed to be only in her twenties, and of course, she was gorgeous.But at this moment, the girl’s beautiful eyes were full of panic and helplessness. The tears that had been brimming in them rolled down h

Though they tried to figure out Elijah's reason for standing up all of a sudden, the guests in attendance had made the wrong guess.The reason Elijah suddenly stood up was that he wanted to let Denise see him so that she could feel slightly more relieved.Because the glass display case was fully soundproof, the girls inside wouldn’t be able to hear anything and could only see the lewd and repulsive gazes of the men gawking at them like they were scrutinizing a sale product. Even though Denise usually put on a strong front, she was still just a young woman in her twenties.She was suddenly abducted on the streets and subsequently held captive in this glass display case, where she was being put up for auction like she was merely an object subject to the scrutiny of others.The most terrifying thing was that she was clueless about how things would turn out for her in the end, and she might end up in a situation countless times more agonizing and torturous than death.So when Denise saw

Some immediately thought that Elijah was smart enough to realize that it wouldn’t make any economic sense to continue raising his bid and thus withdrew.They felt that it showed that he was not a reckless man just obsessed with winning.Of course, many people were hungry for more drama and excitement. Seeing the exciting bidding come to an end, they all began to criticize Elijah in their heads for being too cowardly with looks of disappointment on their faces.The other bidder, Jamie, was dumbfounded and froze in place when he saw Elijah actually withdraw from the bidding without hesitation! What made Jamie even more flustered and horrified was the realization that he would have to pay the sum that he bid now that Elijah had withdrawn!Thirty million dollars!How could he possibly fork out so much money?!“Okay. Now that Mr. Silva has withdrawn from the bidding, the highest bidder so far is Mr. Hernandez, who has placed a bid of thirty million dollars! Any higher bids?”The hall was

“Let’s put it this way. Since both of you are keen on buying this girl, and Mr. Hernandez happens to be short of cash at the moment, let’s consider his bid invalid and yours successful. In that case, you shall take the last beauty home for six million dollars,” Duncan said self-righteously.Without even asking Elijah if he agreed at all, he instructed the staff member beside him, “Proceed with the arrangements for the payment transfer procedures for Elijah Silva. This matter is settled then.”Stiles’s face was sullen, and after some hesitation, he said softly, “Mr. Abnomar, I’m afraid this is not an appropriate way to handle this matter. After all, Mr. Hernandez succeeded in bidding for the last item during the auction, but he’s now unable to come up with the money to pay what he bid. If we get this matter over and done with in such a hasty manner, I’m afraid it will damage the reputation of the Abnomars’ auctions…”Duncan glared at Stiles scornfully. “I’m the heir of the Abnomars. Ar

Only after hearing what Duncan had to say did Stiles understand the reason the Abnomar scion bore such a strong hatred for Elijah and was bent on going against him.It wasn’t so much to help Jamie but mostly to take revenge on Elijah.After hearing what Duncan said, both Vanessa and Celeste frowned, feeling rather worried. It seems that Duncan won’t let Elijah off easily… What should we do now?Vanessa looked at the menacing and murderous-looking henchmen around her.She couldn’t help biting her lower lip as her face turned pale, and she subconsciously hid behind Elijah.She had always been well protected by her father and so had never been in such a dangerous situation before.It was inevitable for her to be nervous and terrified.“You guys leave first!” Elijah suddenly said to both Vanessa and Celeste.“What… what about you then?” Vanessa asked worriedly.Elijah comforted her with a light smile. “I’ll be fine.”“Hmph, things have already come to this, but you’re still boasting! Do y