Chapter 368
"$5.5 million!" Louis kept upping the ante.
No way he was leaving without SerenityLeaf tonight!
Elizabeth watched Louis keep raising the stakes, this time by $250,000 a pop.
She was trying to wear him out with only a $10 million cap!
Elizabeth sighed, thinking, 'If I don't snag SerenityLeaf today, I'll have to deal with Louis. And if I give in to him, who knows how cocky he'll get!'
"$6 million!" Louis shouted.
Elizabeth countered, "$6.25 million."
Louis shot back, "$6.5 million!"
Elizabeth bit her lip.
"What's he want SerenityLeaf for?" Felix wondered aloud.
Elizabeth's head was pounding. Sure, she was glad foreigners were into their culture, but she wanted the herb to go to someone who really needed it.
Louis wasn't backing down, so Elizabeth had to keep bidding.
Then Louis said, "I need a break."
"Approved," the auctioneer said.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, the tension easing up.
The room buzzed with chatter about who'd end up with SerenityLeaf.
Elizabeth stood up, tired of sitting.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Elizabeth and Felix turned. It was Louis and his assistant.
Louis didn't even bother with a mask, standing right in front of Elizabeth.
'What's Louis up to?' Elizabeth thought.
"Can we talk?" he asked, smiling.
Elizabeth gave him a cold look. No denying he was handsome.
"Nothing to talk about," she said.
Louis shook his head and pulled out his phone.
On it was Elizabeth's entry info. "You just got to Nyxonia today. And it looks like you're without documents?"
Elizabeth frowned. She didn't expect Louis to dig into her.
'I was too careless; should've kept my identity under wraps,' she thought. But she stayed calm. "So what?"
"It means after $10 million, you're out of the game," Louis said.
Elizabeth nodded. "Yeah."
"Then why are you still bidding against me for SerenityLeaf? You really want it?" Louis smirked.
Elizabeth glared at him, not answering, her face hidden behind the mask.
Louis got straight to the point. He pulled out a hotel room key card and handed it to her. "Alright, come find me in twenty minutes, and I'll give you SerenityLeaf. Deal?" he asked, smiling.
Elizabeth's face darkened.
Felix stepped up, ready to curse, but Elizabeth stopped him.
"Mr. Newman, are you serious?" Elizabeth raised an eyebrow, intrigued.
Louis smiled. "Of course."
"Alright." Elizabeth nodded. "Tonight, see you there." She waved the key card.
Felix frowned. What was Elizabeth up to?
Louis smiled, stepped closer, and brushed her hair with his fingertips. "I'll be waiting."
Louis and his assistant left.
Elizabeth watched them go, clutching the key card tightly.
She thought angrily, 'Isn't Louis insulting me? A one-night stand for SerenityLeaf? He's despicable!'
She was about to head back to her room when she saw a man approaching.
Without looking at him, she said, "Let's go."
"Not following anymore?" Felix asked.
