Inside Avalon Bar, on the outskirts of the Nile city.A young man clad in bargained clothes was busy cleaning up the counter to set up the place after it had been busy the previous night, bustling with customers. This had been the job he could get ever since, for years now. Though his salary was low, he still managed to work extra hours just to be able to keep his family intact and settle mostly his wife's bills.Fatigue was written all over his face, and even dark circles were around his eyes while his skin looked so pale, but none of it mattered as long as he was getting extra cash.While he was so engrossed in what he was doing, with sweat gushing out of his pores, a feminine voice echoed.“You must be Ethan Michael, right?”Ethan, the bartender, looked up after hearing the sound of footsteps approaching him. There, he saw a woman clad in a polyester suit, adorned in luxury, looking so exquisite walking towards him. Besides this, she was exuding a powerful aura like a battle warri

“Stole from you?” Ethan was stunned, as he never expected her to say such a thing. Wasn't it hilarious? This ring was given to him just today by that mysterious woman, yet Charlotte had to act like she had seen it before. How and why?The securities frowned as they looked over at him, their eyes revealing how disgusted they were.“How dare you hurt an elderly woman and steal from her? Do you know there are consequences for such actions?” one of the guards sneered.“That’s not true. I only came here to make some transactions with the bank. This woman came looking for trouble with me.” Ethan explained quickly since the men looked like they might rain punches at him and also use their electric batons to hurt him.“Hahahaha, this loser is indeed very useless. Can a nobody like you have a business with such a prestigious bank? Do you think it's similar to that wretched bar you are working in? Wake up to reality, trash!” Charlotte, who was holding her back, pretending to be in severe pain,

“What? Mom, did you just say Ethan attacked you?” Amelia’s furious voice could be heard on the line immediately after.“Yes. That man is so vicious. He is involved in theft and has a fake black card he wants to use to cheat the bank. We tried to report him, but he sabotaged the whole situation and reported us instead, saying we were the ones carrying a fake card. The bank director had to come over and seize it.”Charlotte explained while faking tears just to make it more believable. “What? How dare he?” Amelia was hopping mad. Her voice was almost breaking through the phone speakers.“Sister, you have to get justice for us. How could he hurt Mother so badly and still have our card confiscated? You know Logan gave us that card and how authentic it is, yet that damn punk has to make us suffer for something we weren’t guilty of.” Fiona also joined in as she leaned towards the phone.On the other side of the phone, Amelia froze in shock. She never expected Ethan to go so far as to indulg

Amelia's frown deepened even more as she learned of Axel's identity. This woman held a status that was far more significant than hers. In fact, at a table where such kinds of people were seated, she could only wish but might never be able to sit there.This made her green with envy, and the discomfort in her heart couldn’t be shaken. What was worse, right after she dumped this good-for-nothing husband of hers, he was able to bag such an exquisite lady, who was far better than her.This made her feel inferior. She was supposed to be able to keep looking down at him, but in the face of Axel, it felt like she was supposed to hide her face away.Well, soon, she would realize Ethan's true colors and dump him too. She was sure of it. As the realization dawned on her, she found her face and ego again, and a prideful look settled back on her face. However, she noticed how Logan kept staring at Axel, and unable to stomach it, she pulled him over to the direction of the entrance quickly.“Let’

Everyone looked in the direction of who spoke, at most expecting that perhaps a big shot might have walked in while they were so engrossed with the event, but to their surprise, who they saw was Ethan.Ethan? The worthless junk dared to even stand up on his chair and bid such an amount? Was he perhaps nuts, or had he lost his mind already? What the heck was this?“Did Axel tell him to speak up, or what?” Logan thought to himself as it didn’t make sense that Ethan would sanely stand up to bid on such an item from his pocket when he was worth only a few bucks, down to nothing.But right after the thought crossed his mind, a mischievous smile followed. The reason was that, due to the laws of the auction set by Orion Asher, the bidder and the payer must be the same person. That meant you would have to pay for the item you bided and not get someone else to come to your rescue.Since Ethan was bidding for this item, he had to be the one to pay for it. It seems he didn’t know of this rule; t