Living With My Lady Boss

Chapter 284

They walked to the hotel and took the elevator to the rooftop

The rooftop was a banquet hall. Men in black suits stood at the entrance of the elevator lobby. They filled the entire corridor and gave off a daunting presence.

It was clearly closed off to the public.

They were stopped by those men as soon as they stepped out of the elevator. Ted stepped forward and said, “He’s with me, and he’s the boss. I vouch for him.”

Ted seemed to be a regular there who was very familiar with the place. The leader of the bodyguards glanced at Wilbur, nodded, then allowed him to enter.

Wilbur looked at the neverending line of men in black suits as he walled. He said, “You have quite the reputation here.”

“I’ve been messing around in Toneville since I was a kid. Everyone here shows me some respect.”

Wilbur nodded. People like Ted may not be of high status, but he was well–connected. When people needed something, they would seek help from someone like him. He was the kind of person who could navigate social circles with ease, a jack of all

trades.

that many people were seated inside upon arriving at the banquet hall. There were also hundreds of men in black suits standing around, openly carrying swords on their backs.

“The owner of this place knows how to plan

ended a long time ago if he didn’t.”

smiled and waited in

The door of the banquet hall was closed, and so began the auction.

were auctioned away without garnering

items were nice, they did not meet his expectations.

auction. It was a bronze sword. The sword was a first–class cultural relk that was expressly prohibited by the state from being sold

it and immediately decided he

contained a certain power, which was

as he made the

Wilbur did not get riled up, slowly raising his

bidding against Wilbur, They would not

sword

quite surprised by

from an unloon source. It

raised the bid up to 200 million callars. The two competing bidders

Wilbur chuckled. He transferred the money