Chapter 42

Lara

Soo-Hyun didn't even wait for an answer before she left, Lara just smiled and let her be hence not so many times this friend of hers rebel like this. she couldn't even get angry, she just gave a glance at the woman beside her who had a knowing smile.

" I shall not pry into other people's business " Kyle stated.

" And I should like to ask for your hand for a dance , my lady" Lara replied acting as if they weren't ignoring a certain topic,

Kyle was unwillingly for this fake intimacy. so what if she will be dancing with her tonight? The former's love is with another,

Every thought of it makes her heart rips into thousands of pieces, the ache she has , the burning that her heart endures for the sake of Lara's love couldn't be explained in a single poem but she had to swallow and endure,

" Asking as if i had choice to begin with " Unusual cold voice from Kyle was heard.

" I lied once again " she added.

She smiled as she took Lara's hand and head to the dance floor. They embrace each other's as they move in a rhythm. The calm classical song was playing on the background as the couples lost themselves in the song.

" You know I never really care , right? " Replied Lara nonchalant.

-Of course you wouldn't-

A bitter cold smile sprayed into Kyle's face . " I have done things that will shock you , I'm not a woman I use to be and for a moment I thought that I can be normal, I was delusional "

" I can't understand what are you saying? What are you talking about " A confusion was written all over Lara's face but kyle ignored it.

" Can't you just stop everything and run away, you can live abroad in peace you know "

" And why should I do that? I mean , you sound so fucking insane right now"

" I'm tired! "

" Then take rest don't give me your bullshit , If you want to run away from me then you can just forget about it, I will lock you up, you will live in a cage for the rest of your life I'm telling you. Don't make me do things I will regret "

Tears flowed down Kyle's cheek, she knew that Lara wouldn't let go of her but she was already too late to dream about normal life , from the moment her mother died her fate was settled, she was destined to live in the dark for the rest of her life .

Kyle hugged Lara tightly. " I'm sorry , I just thought you have been through so much and you could run from all of these "

" I heard someone is acquiring Monarch's subsidiaries, sooner or later the sovereign will change Lara, you have so much money already , I just hope you will be happy "

" Shut the fuck " Lara replied annoyingly.

The song has ended already and they went back to their seats , The following was honors for the most successful groups and companies throughout the year and of course most of it went to Empire,

Kyle's head was clouded with thoughts as she watched Lara

' I never had wishes before I met you, but everything changed with your appearance. Now I have a dream,

Truthful , I wish that the purge was real so that I could kill you in a most horrible way possible and get away with it, so that I can stop this pain . And forget about you but I can't

Because In the end I know that I'll ruin my life for you, I can do anything for you without regrets. I'm such a fool,'

A bitter smile appeared in Kyle's face.

As the night was about to come to an end , the most crucial part was about to unfold. Tonight's main course was about to be served and everyone was very excited about it .

It was the auction where people are showing off their wealthy. And as you can imagine the name of the auction is called " Show off ".

Sometimes it didn't matter the value of the thing you just bid on it , what you buy is fame and acceptance in the upper calss social circle, 

And sometimes isn't all about showing off because there will be a really valuable pieces but in items like those only the giants bid for they start with an insane bids.

The main fraction in this auction were of course The Empire and The Monarchs, but the Victor was already decided since it's an open secret of how insane cash the Empire has,

In terms of just cash it might even fight a small country, They just has so much money,

Kyle's heart was so heavy, she needs to go , she really has to. If lara was a little in love with her , she could have hesitated but she felt like lara is hiding something from her, and she was sure of that.

To ensure the safety of the both of them she couldn't take any risk.

As she was swelling in her thoughts several Items were sold already and many were bought by new debutantes who wants to establish themselves. 

There were just few more items to go before the Lv. 1 items to be auctioned off and start with Lv. 2 but the item that was brought up the stage make kyle glued her eyes to it.

It was a very long sword, she had seen it in books although it wasn't as old as this one but they look about the same and somehow it gave her a ancient feeling like this thing is real and she wanted it,

" This is called unnamed sword, the owner was mysterious and had died before giving it a name, It has a long history since it among a few items from ming dynasty that still present today " The auctioneer started,

" It has many owner since then on but it becomes more of a decoration because no body was able to weld it ever again after first his owner death. But it was said it's always protects it benefactor that's why many were ready to fight for it.

So who wants this peculiar piece that has lived for dozens of generations, It's a fine piece to be an heirloom, The bid starts with 50000$ "

There was a silence for like two minutes before a calm voice was heard, " 100000$ "

Everyone turn their head to look at the newcomer only to meet with the pair of enchanting black eyes, The woman was foreign to them but she gave off a sense of superiority like she wasn't a mortal at all,

Kyle wanted the sword as well but seeing the woman she could only give up. She wasn't as rich as many people here so unless Lara bid for her she probably won't dare to rise her hand.

Her simple actions didn't escape Lara's sharp eyes she was just too lazy to bid so after some other people bid till it reached a million she pressed a button and make her bid, The numbers appeared on the big screen and so is her name , [ Lara Cameron, 10, 000,000] .

It was quiet for a moment. That junk might have a long history but it wasn't that valuable , even if you want to show off at least bid on something a little more valuable, isn't that flaunting your wealth?

Many people sneered and even more couldn't contain their envy and jealous forgetting that this ball was just that " To Show Off "

Usually the screen starts to show bidders names when the bid surpass five millions, in Lv. 1 so many who bid less didn't have their names written in the screen,

When people thought the bid couldn't get any higher , the voice from earlier was heard once again,

[ Sisi, 15,000,000 ]

But before she could have her moment the cold voice was heard once again , [ Lara Cameron, 30,000,000 ]

Everyone started to have impression on her , and those who are smarter could guess that she wasn't from the normal background, A young lady named Sisi could only pout in fury,

It looked like she wanted to raised a bid but a masculine voice was heard ,

[ Sébastien Monarch, 50,000,000]