Small trick
"For all those who either had the luck of being late to leave or premonition that the fun wasn't over... good job!"
As soon as I said my first piece, I manipulated my aura a bit to dissipate Eve's spell. As it was one of the things that allowed the smoke to stay for so long, the moment it disappeared, a single cast of weak shockwave was enough to push all the smoke away and reveal my person on the stage.
The moment my voice, energetically enhanced for a better effect, reached the ears of the remaining audience, the time for them stopped.
How often do you see the auction having another part to it, that wasn't officially announced? While everyone knew that things like that happened, it was mostly an event settled between interested parties that were able to fork out enough money to compete against each other without the common folk bothering them or trying to pry into their matters!