2026-06-15 01:52:19"Where are you right now you disgusting piece of dirt?" Caroline gripped her phone tightly, her face turning red with anger. "Gina just saw you acting like a pathetic cheap beggar at the club! You are completely embarrassing me in public!"
Darius stared at the dark glass window. His calm expression turned completely to frozen ice.
"We are getting a divorce tomorrow." Darius kept his expression perfectly steady and flat. "My location is none of your business anymore."
"You are a worthless cheating loser!" Caroline stomped her foot on the ground with pure toxic rage. "You are spending my hard earned money on other cheap women! You are a useless dirty rat!"
"I have never spent a single dime of your money." Darius tightened his grip on the small device.
"You live in my house you worthless dirt!" Caroline glared at her own reflection with absolute furious madness. "You eat my food! You breathe my air! You are a complete failure of a man! Lorenzo is a thousand times better than you will ever be!"
"Lorenzo is your problem now." Darius looked down at the dark city street.
"Do not you dare hang up on me you coward!" Caroline threw her expensive perfume bottle across the room. "You are a dirty street rat! I will make sure you starve in the dark gutters!"
Darius pressed the red button immediately. He hung up the phone completely coldly. The sudden loud silence filled the large hotel room. He looked at his bright phone screen for a long quiet moment. He felt absolutely nothing for the screaming woman anymore.
He turned around slowly to look at the large bed. Carina had closed her eyes tightly, pretending to be completely passed out from the strong alcohol. Her slow breathing was entirely faked. She was secretly waiting for him to return to her arms.
Darius picked up her expensive silk dress from the floor. He gently pulled the soft fabric back over her shoulders. He lifted her warm body easily and placed her carefully on the large king bed. He pulled the thick white blanket all the way up to her small chin. He made sure she was completely covered and comfortable. He adjusted the messy pillows behind her head.
"Sleep well tonight." Darius grabbed his dark coat from the floor.
He did not look back as he walked straight out. The heavy door clicked shut firmly behind him.
The exact second the lock clicked, Carina opened her eyes completely wide. She threw the heavy white blanket off her body aggressively. She sat up on the soft bed with pure fiery rage burning in her chest.
"That stupid arrogant fool!" Carina punched the soft white pillow with all her remaining strength. "Caroline ruins absolutely everything she touches!"
Carina glared violently at the closed wooden door. She had planned this perfect flawless seduction all night long.
She desperately wanted to secure her absolute position beside the most powerful man in the entire city.
Now her flawless plan was entirely ruined by one single stupid phone call. She hated Caroline more than ever before.
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CHAPTER 73
Greg spun on Brooke so fast his chair nearly toppled backward. "One million dollars," he hissed, voice shaking with fury. "Do you understand what you've done? You opened your mouth for nothing and now we're standing in the middle of a bidding war that could bankrupt us both."Brooke shrank into her seat, her earlier smugness gone completely. Her hands twisted together in her lap. "I didn't mean for it to go this far," she whispered, eyes darting toward the crowd still buzzing around them. "I just wanted to embarrass him a little. I never thought he actually had that kind of money.""Well now we're the ones being embarrassed," Greg shot back through clenched teeth.Vivian's voice rang out from the podium, smooth and merciless. "One million dollars, going once."Brooke's head snapped toward Greg, panic flashing across her face. "Bid again. Quickly, before she drops that hammer. We can't lose this now, not after everything.""We were never going to win this," Greg muttered, but his hand
CHAPTER 72
Carina pressed her heels back beneath the hem of her dress, but it was too late. Every head at the surrounding tables had already turned toward her feet, then away again with soft laughter hidden behind napkins and champagne flutes. She wished the marble floor would simply open and swallow her whole."Did you see her shoes?" Brooke's voice carried far past the table where it belonged, sharp and bright with cruelty. "I mean truly, who wears department store heels to an event like this? It's honestly embarrassing for the rest of us."Carina's fingers curled into her napkin under the table. She said nothing. She only stared at the centerpiece in front of her, counting the white roses to keep her eyes from filling.Amanda snickered beside Brooke, covering her mouth with a manicured hand. "Some people simply don't belong in rooms like this, sweetheart. It's not their fault. It's just nature."At the front of the ballroom, Vivian raised her gavel above the podium, her voice smooth and pract
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Carina kept her dark eyes fixed on the stage with calm unbothered composure. She did not flinch. She did not react.Greg seized the moment to twist the blade deeper. He puffed out his broad chest and looked directly at the velvet box sitting beside Carina's water glass."That little bracelet you received earlier tonight is nothing but a secondhand trinket." Greg waved his thick hand dismissively toward the sapphire box. "Some stranger passed it through his hands and tossed it to you like throwing scraps to a stray dog. The Empress Collection is in an entirely different universe. Only these stilettos are truly worthy of my woman.""Any real man buys his woman something with his own money." Greg leaned forward with heavy condescending authority. "He does not hide behind a mask like a coward and throw charity at random women he does not even know. That is not romance. That is pity.""Greg is absolutely right." Brooke nodded with aggressive enthusiastic agreement. "A masked stranger gave
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Vivian tapped the golden microphone with bright electric energy as the bidding for the Empress Collection stilettos officially opened at five hundred thousand dollars."Five hundred thousand to start!" Vivian scanned the massive ballroom with eager sparkling eyes. "Who will claim these legendary shoes tonight?"Greg raised his paddle instantly with aggressive determined force. His jaw was set like concrete. He had lost the sapphire bracelet to the masked stranger earlier and the humiliation still burned like acid in his chest. He was not losing again tonight."Five hundred thousand." Greg's voice boomed across the hall with commanding authority."Five hundred and twenty thousand." A young man three tables away raised his paddle with nervous excited energy. He wore a slim fitted navy suit and a smartwatch that probably cost more than most people's cars. His name was Tyler, a twenty eight year old tech executive whose startup had just received massive investor funding. His high maintena
CHAPTER 69
She pulled her phone from the clutch and quietly opened her banking app beneath the table. Her account balance glowed on the small screen. She calculated quickly. It would be reckless. It would be irresponsible. It would be the most impulsive financial decision she had ever made in her disciplined life.But she was ready. For the first time in years, she wanted to do something brave."And now for the starting price." Vivian paused dramatically. The giant screen behind her flickered once and then displayed a number in bold golden digits that hit the room like a physical blow.Five hundred thousand dollars.Men across the ballroom groaned loudly. Several cursed under their breath. Even in a room filled with extreme wealth, half a million dollars for a single pair of shoes was beyond excessive. Wives who had been squeezing their husbands' arms slowly released their grip with disappointed deflated sighs."Five hundred thousand?" Greg's confident expression cracked visibly. His thick finge
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Vivian stepped back to the golden microphone with a radiant electric smile that silenced the entire ballroom instantly. Two uniformed attendants carried a glass display case onto the stage with almost ceremonial reverence. Inside the case, resting on a bed of black velvet, sat a pair of stunning Italian stilettos that caught every chandelier light and scattered it across the room like captured starfire."Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for something truly extraordinary tonight." Vivian placed her hand gently on the glass case with visible awe. "These are from the legendary Empress Collection, handcrafted by the most exclusive designer house in all of Italy. Only twelve pairs exist in the entire world. Seven are held in private royal collections. Two belong to heads of state. Tonight, one pair sits on this stage waiting for its queen."The ballroom murmured with electric anticipation. Women across the room straightened in their chairs with wide hungry eyes."These shoes are no
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