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REVENGE:78:
After she said that, everyone looked at her with shock written all over their faces.
Danica was so angry that she almost ripped the placard into many pieces.
Was this woman purposely going against me to make me lose face in front of others?
Who does she think she is? How dare she go up against me like this?.
How would Danica allow something like this? She lifted the placard once again.
Everyone thought that Danica would add on a few million dollars. However, she only added a million.
The moment, she finished saying that, Bethany said nonchalantly,“ 20 million ”.
“What!?
“Wow!”.
Everyone exclaimed.
Danica could not stand this anymore as she tried to suppress the fire of rage inside Of her and glared at Bethany. Then, she forced out an innocent and sweet smile to Bethany.
“Miss, were you hired by the other party to come here and deliberately inflate the price? Everyone knows that my fiancé is going to buy this shop for me as my birthday present. Could it be that you enjoy stealing things from others?«.
“Steal things from others? Isn't that what you are known for, Miss Medina?”
Hearing this, Danica's face fell immediately and she struggled to keep calm.“Wh-What do you mean, ?”
“Nothing! ” Bethany smirked profoundly.“I just want to ask you, Miss Medina, is your name in the shop already? If yes, then just pretend I didn't say anything. And if it's no, then please respect the rule of an auction. The highest bidder wins”
“You..." Danica was speechless and she gritted her teeth in anger. She wanted to raise the placard and continue bidding, but she did not dare to add on too much. due to this, she could only look at Zayn in despair.
Zayn looked at Danica emotionlessly. He said blankly.“She right, the higher bidder wins”.
“...." Danica did not have anything else I'm to say after that.
At this moment, the auctioneer started repeating the amount that Bethany had proposed.
Danica was livid and frantic. When she came back to her senses and was about to bid again, the auctioneer had already slammed the gravel down.
The auctioneer incited Bethany to the stage. She walked up to the stage as everyone gazed at her moving back.
She was walking slowly, every move was laced with grace and elegance. She had a charming aura that one could not put their fingers on no matter how long they thought about it.
The auctioneer smiled and asked in a gentle voice, “What's your name, Miss?”.
Bethany smiled and said, “My last name is Quest"
Quest?
Zayn thought about this last name.it was pretty rare.
Danica was grinding her teeth at one side while glaring at Bethany, who was on the stage while still clenching her fists.
She was supposed to be the main character tonight, she was supposed to be the center of attraction, attention, and even confusion today, but at the last moment, her spotlight was stolen by this woman who had seemingly appeared out of nowhere!.
She would not let this go is easily no matter what happened.
The contract was signed with everyone in the room as witnesses. The auctioneer then announced that Bethany was the new owner of the shop in Royal Blue street and congratulated her.
Thunderous claps sounded from below the stage as well.
Bethany stood on the stage gracefully. through her glasses, and the opening of the veil, she saw Danica fuming and felt extremely satisfied.
When she was about to say something, she saw Zayn getting up and walking toward her.
“Where are you going?” Danica wanted to stop him, but Zayn dud does not look back at her.
He walked up to the stage and looked at Bethany with a gentle smile on his face. He hesitated for a while before saying, “As the owner of this hotel,
I'm happy that the event has come to an end peacefully”.
He held out his hand to Bethany.“Congratulations, Miss Duncan ”.
Bethany looked at Zayn's hand and felt that this scene was extremely ironic.
Back then, she had longed to hold his hand so much, but now, all of those longings were gone.
She smiled and held out her hand to accept his handshake.
“Thank you, Mr. Meyer ”.
Thanks!
The word she uttered so softly linger in his head. However, it landed heavily on Zayn's heart.
“I'm sorry, Mr. Meyer. I still have some other things to take care of, I'll get going now” Bethany retracted her hand and walked past Zayn calmly but elegantly.
When the warmth was removed from his hand, Zayn jolted back to reality.
An extraordinary fragrance invaded his nostril as he turned around to see Bethany walking toward the exit door.
Zayn did not hesitate and turned around to follow her.
Everyone below the stage was looking at each other after they saw this happening in front of their eyes.
The multi-colored neon lights intertwined with each other in the city at night.
Bethany walked out of the door, but before she could go far, she saw Zayn from the side mirror of the car that was parked on the side of the road.
His expression was grin, looking so intense that no one could decipher what he was thinking.
Zayn couldn't help but feel a strong connection to this woman–he felt like he knew her from somewhere.
Seeing him like this, Bethany smiled in secret and continued walking forward unperturbed. She hurried toward a car that was parked a few steps away from where she was.
By the time, Zayn would then be around once more, he couldn't find Bethany anymore.
She was gone!.
Bethany sat in the car with a victorious expression as the driver drove off at full speed–She wore a smirk on her cold face as the driver made an easy escape through the crowded cars parked in the center of the city.
When they were a bit far away from Royal Blue street, Bethany removed her veil and lowered her glasses to have a catch of fresh air.
Looking at the contracts in her hands, Bethany had more reasons to heave a sigh of joy. Just as she was about opening the contract once more to have a look. Her phone suddenly vibrates.
“when?”.
“Why are you so stubborn, Bethany? Why did you go to the event? I have warned you to jeep off from stepping on the waggling tail of that vicious woman, didn't I? Why didn't you listen to me then?” Erica asked in an anxious tone, she sounded like she was overly concerned about Bethany's safety.
“Why are you getting so worked up? If I don't attend the event, then who will? Would you have attended in my place? Will you go ahead and bid against that woman head to head without looking back? No, right?”. Bethany said in a cold voice as she didn't bother baiting an eye while speaking.
“What was the need to go to the auction? We already have encamped under my limps”
“Oh you think so? That's what you think, she doesn't play with the rules of good games, she plays dirty and knows nothing but dirt”.
“What do you mean? Did something happen?”.
“of course, she wasn't going to fold her hands and only wait on you. She had negotiated planned to have Zayn acquire the luxurious shop in her name since he has refused to have anything to do with her mess. If she had succeeded in doing so, then she wouldn't have had any other reason to give up her shares for sale”.
“What! That woman is vicious. I'd never thought that she would hatch such plans. really smart move”.
“I want to arrange for the next meeting with her as soon as possible. We never to get her heat up for the challenging part, she needs to win the show at all cost”.
“Of course, I'll get back to you when I'm done with the arrangements”.
“Great!”
“Oh! I almost forgot to tell you about this, Danica would start looking for you vigorously after tonight as she would want to take revenge on the person who dared to double-cross her in such a heated competition. I'm afraid, she might find out who you are and that doesn't seem like a good sign, Bethany”.
“Why do you sound like you attended the school for fun? Didn't you learn anything at all? Do you think I'll give her a chance to ride on my foolishness once more? Let her try to find out who I am if she dares to” Bethany said in a firm tone.“I'm sure, she wouldn't want to waste the little time has on me right now. isn't that right?”
“Yea, right!”.
“Good. Go on and do what your side of the bargain and ill handle the rest”.
With that, Bethany ended the call before Erica could continue with her blabbering.
After that, she looked at her security guard, who is acting as her driver at the moment, and said in an emotionless voice.
“Take me to the outhouse. It's time to pay that moron a visit”.Bethany looked out through the window of the car while her hands were holding into the phone.
It looked as of she was lost in thought at this moment. She wore an emotionless expression on her cold face, the coldness was still very much visible even though she was wearing very heavy makeup that hid her true face.
“Been waiting did too long for this. thrwing some punches in the air would relieve my loneliness as well as stress, it's been a while I did something to cater to my mental health. Let's do this!”
Jacob exclaimed in an ecstatic voice as he slammed on the gas excitedly.
Jacob has always been a great liver of revenge–he loved to return the same energy that was given to him as he has always found himself in situations that thrown stones at him. Due to this, he had to fight to keep his safety as well as sanity in check.
“You should keep your mouth in check instead!” Bethany fired back at him with her gaze fixed on him this time.“I wouldn't want to start the training sessions with a punctured soul like yours”