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.

arriving at the banquet hall. There were also hundreds of men in

led Wilbur to their seats. Wilbur sald, “The owner of this place knows how to plan an auction”

have ended a long time ago if he didn’t.”

and waited

door of the

auctioned away without garnering Wilbur’s interest

were nice, they did not meet his

The sword was a first–class cultural relk that was expressly prohibited by the state from being sold or taken out of the country. Those who

inspected it and immediately decided he wanted it.

a certain power, which was good enough as a

he made the first bid for 30

the bid, but Wilbur did not get

but there were two bidders who kept bidding against Wilbur, They would not relent. They were determined to get

slowly raised his bid. The bronze sword was up

surprised by

it was from an unloon source. It was

up to 200 million callars. The two competing bidders finally gave up and the auctioneer declared Wilbur the owner of the

and Wilbur chuckled. He transferred