Love's Cruel Game, A Second Chance

led with shock. Even the Auctioneer see

k. Ashley grabbed his arm, her knuckles white. This wasn't part of their plan

voice just loud enough for me to hear. "He's

ng because I had already lost it all onc

cautious one. This was too big, too fast. He looked despera

. Ashley'

rtner in this scheme, hoping to ride his daughter's treachery to new height

looking and immediately ru

sper. "We need more. We need everyt

brow with a silk handkerchief. "Ashley, thi

t! With the Miller fortune and Ethan's score for

r in his eyes was replaced by a familiar, desperate glint. He nodded slowly

e's confidence flooded back, his pallor replaced with an ugly flus

d, his voice dripping with contempt. "You think th

. "I'll see his Miller family fortu

To raise a bid of hundreds of millions of dollars by a single dollar was the ultim

mile playing on his lips. "When I win, before I collect, I want to see

with delight at the added drama. This w

ust watched them, letting their arrogance and

final bid?"

ou have something else to offer? But

ne smile this time. It

else," I said. "Someth

to the Au

nnounced. "I'm adding something

lted his head. "S

art that would feel like swallo

of my sister, Sarah," I s

o a stunned silence again. Sarah stared at

e whispered, he

ok at her.

ley, whose faces were a mixtur

e a razor. "The winner doesn't just get the videos. The winner gets to direct them.

anking on their depravity. And I