“Ahem!”

Thomas cleared his throat, which snapped Olivia out of her reverie. She rattled off an address.

He nodded and started driving.

“Oh, right!” She was struck with a thought and quickly added, “There’s no rush. Feel free to take your time.”

A slight hint of a smirk danced across Thomas’ lips.

Olivia must have been terrified of the way he drove the last time.

Well, it wasn’t surprising. He was probably the only driver in this world who would end up making his employer puke on his first day on the job. It was a bit extreme.

Soon, they arrived at Unicus Hall, which was an auction house.

There was a sea of luxury cars parked out front. Thomas gave them all a cursory glance. Even the cheapest model among them would cost at least six figures. It proved that all the attendees were some of Irieson’s richest and most influential people.

Olivia glanced at Thomas and decided on a whim to ask, “Why don’t you come in with me, Thomas?”

“Me? Go in with you?” Thomas was taken aback.

He was just a driver. Would it be alright for him to follow Olivia into a place like this?

along and gain some experience. What’s the matter? You don’t want

“It’s not that!”

head at once. Why would an employee refuse their superior in this manner? It was akin to handing in their

filled the area, along with older, more established members of the upper echelon of society. Thomas knew that those present would have more than a few million to their name. Furthermore, money was the least of all requirements to get

and medicine. Unicus Hall was started by their most promising young heir, Sean Morton. He built it up from scratch himself. A charity auction is held here every six months and

wealthy elites turned a blind eye to the plight of others. At the very least, young men like

Morton? Why does that name sound

Thomas didn’t know that someone had zeroed in

a young man in a wheelchair tucked away in a corner of the hall who exclaimed, “That’s him, Dad! He’s

young man was Harvey

who looked to be hitting sixty soon was

at Thomas. “Harvey, are you sure

I’d recognize him

on Thomas, but unfortunately for him, Thomas seemed to have vanished into thin air. There was no trace of him anywhere, and even Chloe had disappeared as well. Harvey got someone to

fuming. He was convinced that Thomas and Chloe must’ve fled Irieson by now, and he had no way of making them pay for what

would run into Thomas at the auction house

boil. “Dad, you

act rashly, Harvey. We’re in Unicus Hall right now. Don’t cause a scene here. But don’t worry.

and waved to get everyone’s attention. The crowd instantly fell silent and

lowered his head and snorted. No wonder the name Sean Morton felt so familiar! It’s

“Thank you, everyone, for honoring me with your presence here at our auction today. I won’t give a long speech, but on behalf of all the children in need in rural areas, I

“Wait a minute!”

into applause, they were interrupted by Joe’s loud

one

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