Chapter 955
Chapter 955:
Three million.
Her bold move sent ripples through the room.
Typically, the first item wouldn’t cause a stir. What made today different?
Kyson, his family wealthy beyond measure, saw Yelena’s early bid as a challenge. He, too, began to bid.
In one fell swoop, he pushed the price to five million.
Seeing Kyson engage, others hesitated no longer and soon joined the fray. The price quickly skyrocketed to ten million. Yelena glanced at Austin, a silent question in her eyes.
Austin, noticing her gaze, waved her off. “Don’t look at me. Bid what you like p>
“Alright then,” Yelena replied with a slight smile.
And so, the back-and-forth began. Every time Yelena raised the bid, Kyson followed suit, like two players in an endless game of chess. Before long, the price had spiraled to an eye-watering thirty-eight million.
At that point, Yelena held back, her bidding hand frozen. Seeing the fierce determination in Kyson’s eyes, the room fell silent. No one dared to raise the price further. In the end, Kyson won.
The bottle of medicine was now Kyson’s. Kyson handed the bottle to Seth with a heavy sigh. “Take a look at this. Tell me what you think p>
Seth had already been observing it. Although he couldn’t taste it, the shape and scent hinted at the heart medication they were after. But something felt off—he suspected it was a counterfeit.
Seth took one pill, placed it in his mouth for a moment, and then immediately spat it out. “Ugh, we’ve been duped! This isn’t the real deal, nor is it worth anything at all! That woman next door pulled the wool over our eyes!” Seth’s voice was laced with fury.
Kyson, of course, had known that the pills couldn’t have been what he was after. He’d still assumed it was some rare elixir that Yelena was bidding on out of genuine interest.
But who could have imagined it was nothing more than something common and worthless?
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It seemed that Yelena had set the perfect trap for him.
“Deceiver!” Kyson’s voice rang out like thunder, his fists clenching so tightly that the cup in his hand shattered into pieces.
His pulse quickened, and his breathing became erratic, his lips darkening in a telltale sign of distress.
Seth quickly reached into his pocket, retrieving some emergency medicine and handing it to Kyson.
After taking his meds, Kyson took a deep breath, and the tension in his chest began to ease.
“Mr. Davies, you can’t afford to let your emotions get the better of you. Your health is too fragile for this kind of stress,” Seth cautioned.
Kyson felt the weight of the trick.
The money, insignificant in the grand scheme of things, didn’t bother him. What truly stung was how Yelena had humiliated him in front of everyone.
Austin watched with an amused smile as Yelena seemed unbothered, even in high spirits.
“In a good mood, are we?” he asked with a smirk.
Yelena raised an eyebrow, not missing a beat. “Why wouldn’t I be?” Her disdain for Kyson was palpable, but it was the sidekick—Seth—that truly irked her.
His gaze never left her, even now! Yelena felt the unsettling weight of his eyes on her, an unspoken tension in his look. It wasn’t admiration; it was something far more twisted.