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Chapter 219: The Trap
The room fell into a strange silence.The bids were done. The auction was over. Now they just had to wait for Margaret to be delivered.Johnny kept the gun trained on the man, his eyes flicking between his target and the door.They're taking longer than usual.He frowned. Every other purchase had arrived within minutes. A knock, a cage, a quick delivery. But this one was dragging.Maybe it's because she's the crown jewel. Maybe they need extra time to prepare her.The tension between them was heavier than the billions they had just spent."Relax," the man said, his voice dripping with mock ease. "You're not going to get away with this, you know.""Oh, trust me." Johnny's voice was cold. "I don't plan to. I plan to come back here and burn this entire place to the ground."The man laughed.Not a nervous laugh. A genuine one. Deep and amused, like he'd just heard the funniest joke of the night."You?" He tilted his head, studying Johnny like he was a curious insect. "You think you have n
Chapter 218: Where is Raphael?
The man slowly turned around, and for the first time in years something unfamiliar appeared on his face.Not fear — not yet. Just confusion. Someone had entered his private room, gotten close enough to press a weapon against him, and he hadn't noticed. That alone was impossible.His eyes moved around the room, searching for any sign of how this had happened. Then his expression shifted."Where is Raphael?" His voice was calm with a sharp edge hidden underneath. "Who the hell are you?""You should worry less about who I am," a cold voice answered from behind him, "and more about the situation you're in."Johnny stepped closer, gun still pressed against his back. "You have two choices. Listen — either you keep bidding, or these bullets find their way between your ribs.""Do you know how many people have pointed weapons at me?""No. But I know who wouldn’t hesitate to pull this trigger if you don’t start bidding this very second”The room went silent. The billionaire looked at Johnny's r
Chapter 217: The Man Behind Room 12
Johnny left the room without Mia noticing — not because she wasn't paying attention, but because Johnny used Stealth Mode.The moment the skill activated, his presence disappeared completely. No sound, no movement, no trace.For the first time since entering the Black Circle auction, he wasn't fighting with money. He was fighting with desperation.Thirty-five billion. The number still echoed in his head. He had spent the entire night believing he had the advantage, believing the system had given him something nobody else could compete against.He had been wrong. The people inside those rooms weren't ordinary rich people — they were monsters who had spent their entire lives playing this game, and Margaret was their final prize.[STEALTH MODE DEACTIVATED]His heart was pounding. His mind was racing. But he wasn't giving up.I don't have the money. Fine. Then I'll find another way.He walked through the silent hallway, footsteps completely hidden, not knowing exactly what he was looking
Chapter 216: The Price of the Crown Jewel
Thirty billion.The glass was still scattered around Johnny's feet, but he barely noticed. His ears were ringing. The numbers on the auctioneer's lips didn't make sense.Thirty billion.Someone out there just bid thirty billion.For a moment, Johnny's brain went blank. Then he moved.He walked to the glass panel and pressed his palms flat against it, staring down at the auction floor. Margaret was still there. Still swaying. Still drugged and helpless and completely unaware that she was at the center of a war.Thirty billion.Behind him, Mia noticed the change immediately, and that was the first thing that scared her. Johnny had been calm the entire night.Even when the numbers reached ten billion, even when they passed twenty, even when everyone else looked shocked, he had looked like a man already holding the winning card. But now the confidence was gone — not completely, but enough.He looked like someone who had finally realized he was standing across from real opponentsHis eyes
Chapter 215: The Thirty Billion Dollar Challenge
For a few seconds, Mia could only stare at him. Twenty billion. The number refused to make sense — not one billion, not five, not even ten. Twenty billion dollars on one woman. A woman who wasn't her."What the hell..." she whispered.Johnny didn't react. His eyes never left Margaret standing on the stage. That hurt Mia more than the money. — the fact that he would spend the world on her. And I can't even get him to look at me."Johnny..." Her voice trembled slightly. "Do you even understand what you're doing?"He finally looked at her. "I'm saving Margaret."Those simple words hit harder than she expected. Not buying her, not winning the auction. Saving her.Mia looked toward the stage again — the woman who had replaced her, the woman who had taken the place she wanted back. Something inside her cracked.She couldn't accept that. She had already lost Johnny once. She wasn't losing him again.Before she could think about it, she moved, and her legs gave out. She hit the floor of the p
Chapter 214: The Twenty Billion Dollar Bid
The numbers kept rising.At first, Johnny had expected the others to give up after ten billion. Then eleven came.Then twelve, then thirteen, the voices from the private rooms continuing without hesitation —"Thirteen point two billion." "Thirteen point five." "Fourteen billion." Each new number echoed through the auction hall, each one proving the same thing. These people were not bluffing.They had money, a ridiculous amount of it, and they intended to use it.Johnny simply watched, a small smile on his face. A few minutes ago he had thought the auction would end the moment he dropped ten billion.Apparently he had underestimated the people hiding behind those glass walls. But that was fine — actually, it was better. The higher they pushed the price, the more obvious the solution became.Mia, however, was having a completely different reaction. She looked like she was watching reality collapse in front of her."Fourteen point five billion." Another bid. Her eyes widened. Fourteen po
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