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.

noticed that many people were seated inside upon arriving at the banquet hall. There were also hundreds of men in black suits standing around,

sald, “The owner of

would have ended a long time ago if he

and waited in silence.

minutes later, all the guests finally arrived. The door of the banquet hall was closed, and

away

the items were nice, they did not meet his expectations.

was then presented for auction. It was a bronze sword. 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 were knowledgeable could tell that it probably came from an ancient tomb, and it was a very valuable

it and immediately decided he wanted

which was good enough as

as he

Wilbur did not get riled

kept bidding against Wilbur, They would not relent. They were

his bid. The bronze sword was up to 140 million dollars because of their

were quite surprised by that point.

nice, but it was from an unloon source. It was

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

and Wilbur chuckled. He transferred