Edie yawned and leaned all her weight on Hazel. She looked at unhappy Potbelly with interest.
To live in entertainment, one relied on one’s brain. But Potbelly thought that she was also a fool. She was not so stupid to compete with Roger for a useless antique.
It was because they knew that there was something fishy that the two of them had joined forces to play this trick.
If they didn’t trick Potbelly, who would be tricked?
“Twenty-eight million once!”
“Twenty-eight million twice!”
“Is there anyone else who bids higher than Mr. Chastain?” The auctioneer asked, stirring up the enthusiastic atmosphere in the venue, and continuing to bluff.
Roger and Edie, who were bidding against Potbelly, kept silent and lowered their heads, pretending not to hear anything.
“Twenty-eight done! Congratulations, Mr. Chastain! The color porcelain of pornographic picture has become Mr. Chastain’s possession!”
The happier the auctioneer spoke, the more Potbelly wanted to find a hole to burrow in, and his heart was bleeding. It was he who had not spent much money to get it, and after the auction, it returned to his hands.
Including the slice of the donation and the fee for auction, Potbelly lost millions.
If he had not been obsessed with money and insisted on raising the price to compete with Roger, Potbelly would have earned twenty-five million!
Potbelly squeezed out a bitter smile from the corner of his mouth as if he was crying and laughing at the same time.
The whole process happened so fast that Sally was dumbfounded by the side. So Sally wouldn’t receive her share.
“Mr. Garnett, I know you like it. It’s said that a gentleman doesn’t steal someone’s goods. I was impulsive just now.”
“How about this? Since Mr. Garnett likes it, I can give it to you with 25 million,” Potbelly squeezed himself out to Roger and said shamelessly. As Potbelly could make a life in the entertainment, his shamelessness should be credited.
Twenty-five million was Roger’s final bid, and Potbelly was unwilling to suffer loss.
Edie rubbed her stomach and turned her head with a stifled smile to watch the show.
Edie didn’t come here for nothing today. She didn’t expect it to be so interesting.
“I suddenly don’t want it anymore.”
Roger was very proud. He crossed his legs and waved his hand absent-mindedly, “It’s too cheap. It has no value.”
“This…”
Potbelly cursed Roger in his heart. Then he turned around and moved towards Edie.
Without a doubt, the things that Roger looked down on, Edie was even more disdainful!
After encountering two refusals, Potbelly was enlightened by Sally’s hint.
“Mr. Garnett, how can you a young man cheat me? I respected you as a young man,” Potbelly said angrily.
Potbelly started from scratch and looked down on those second-generation riches who relied on their parents to be extravagant. Now when it came to Potbelly’s interest, he would not suffer it in silence.
“If I don’t cheat you, who else would I cheat?”
Roger played with the transparent glass, casually staring at the wine and sneering.
What did it have to do with Roger? It was all by Potbelly who was greedy?
Everyone understood the rules of the auction.
“You… Just you wait!”
Potbelly was deflated, but he was afraid of being exposed. He was infuriated. His face turned from green to purple and then black. It was very exciting.
“Alright, I’ll wait.”
Roger blinked and whistled in good mood.
The auction gradually came to an end, and the reporters on both sides witnessed the entire process of the auction and were deeply impressed by Potbelly’s boldness.
After the end, most of the reporters asked Potbelly questions. A small number of tabloid reporters were more concerned about the love and hate between Roger and Edie. They wanted to make up a drama between them.
At the end of the interview, the media reporters received a satisfactory reply and left the passage on both sides of the hall one by one.
When the light dimmed, Hazel was sitting on the windowsill. She held her chin and looked at the stars in the night sky.
Hazel really wanted to go home and see her parents. She missed her parents and young brother, but she was destined to drift and work in City J.
“Let’s go, Hazel. Let’s go change clothes.”
Edie pulled Hazel’s arm, her eyes shining with excitement. Edie didn’t know who set the rules for today’s masquerade ball. It was very interesting.
All the guests had to change their clothes again. They were asked to wear clothes provided by the organizers, including shoes.
The clothes were brand new and given to the guests at random. At the collar, there was a number with a pin attached, which was the number tag of the mask.
The female guests and male guests each received their masks.
“Why is that so?”
Hazel felt that it was strange. Perhaps the lifestyles and habits that riches had were different from that of ordinary people.
The new playstyle received a welcome from the crowd, and the curtains were drawn in the middle of the hall. The male and female guests were divided, and each changed their clothes.
“Don’t you find it interesting?”
Edie smiled and pinched Hazel’s face. It was smooth and delicate, easy to touch. Edie was addicted to it.
“The male guests over there also got a mask with a number plate. At that time, the same number will be divided as a group to dance together.”
In this way, it would avoid the embarrassment of having no partners, but there was one thing that they didn’t know. It was that they didn’t know which man they would dance with, an old man or a fat person like Potbelly. Everything depended on luck.
Hazel was pulled by the waitress to change into a pure white evening dress.
Unexpectedly, the tailoring was very suitable, as if it was tailor-made for her, setting off her slender waist. She looked charming.
Hazel opened her number tag. It was number 13.
It was not an ominous number. Hazel hated it also.
“Every month on the day of the 13th, the 12 witches will hold a party, and the 13th devil Satan will appear and bring disaster to people.”
It was unknown when Edie had made a detour behind Hazel and deliberately lowered her voice. It sounded very strange.
“Hazel, it seems that your partner is destined to be Satan.”
Edie smiled mysteriously and put on a crescent-shaped mask. What Hazel got was a feather mask that could cover the upper half of her face, revealing her pink lips.
The male and female guests were organized and divided into groups.
In the crowd, Hazel saw a short fatty wearing a Scottish dancing dress, revealing a belly. Needless to say, that was definitely Potbelly.
“Why do you want to participate in this kind of figure?”
The female guest exclaimed in a low voice. The one who would dance with Potbelly was destined to become the target of ridicule.
Sally looked at the number tag in her hand and silently felt unhappy. Just now, she had compared her number with Potbelly. As a result, she was unlucky to partner with Potbelly.
Potbelly was a pervert and would be restless even during the dancing. It was possible that he would harass Sally under the cover of darkness.
Sally was destined to suffer a loss.
Because of the auction, the two of them didn’t see eye to eye.
Sally did not dare to offend Potbelly. After all, he was one of her financial customers.
“Number 13.”
Someone called out. Hazel turned around. There was a tall man standing beside her. Even in the dark, the pair of black eyes under the mask was looking at her affectionately…
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