Cast Out by Love, Fueled by Vengeance

I only want to buy two lives at a high price.

And I will bid without limit every single time.

When I walked into the auction hall this time, I was no longer dressed in torn clothes.

Instead, I wore luxury brands worth millions.

The staff finally realized I wasn’t joking. She politely led me to the VIP room and asked if I was serious.

“Sir, at our auction, Unlimited Bidding is required, but it also requires assets exceeding a billion. May I ask how much you are worth?”

I handed her my bank card. Let her see for herself.

After checking the balance, everyone around gasped in disbelief.

“One hundred billion?!”

“My God, I’ve never seen this much money in my life.”

“Who is this man? Mrs. Leighton’s net worth just crossed the billion marks—he’s her husband, but there’s no way he could have this much money.”

All eyes at the auction hall were on me, creating a stir that day.

My bodyguards, who had been keeping an eye on me, reported the news to Margaret.

“Ridiculous.”

Margaret sneered. “All of his bank cards are frozen by me. Does he really think he has money?”

“Unlimited Bidding? Such a lie!”

“She must have found someone to help him put on an act. I’ll see how long he can keep it up.”

Margaret didn’t take it seriously. She was too busy hiring trolls to suppress the trending search about their private video.

At the auction, I issued a high-price request for two lives. At first, everyone was watching in hesitation.

But as the auction neared its end, someone finally made the offer.

The person’s name was Axel Russ.

“Mr. Trix, long time no see.”

He smiled and extended his hand. “I’ll take the order you placed.”

He stood in the backlight, his face hard to make out, but the voice was unmistakably familiar.

I didn’t think much of it and gave him the names of the two people.

“Margaret Leighton, William Alexander.”

“They’re the ones who killed my children. I want their lives, to avenge my kids.”

Margaret paced anxiously in the living room.

She had just received news from the bodyguard at the auction.

“Mrs. Leighton, Mr. Trix spent three billion and he found the seller!”

“He said he wanted two lives. The order for the lantern was taken.”

Margaret’s face turned pale and she stood up in shock.

“No... Where did he get that much money?”

Then, realization hit. The last bit of color drained from her face.

“Those two lives he mentioned—don’t tell me it’s me and William?”

“Isn’t it just a few lashes? And an online attack he suffered? Does he really have to go this far?”

At that moment, her assistant rushed in, panic-stricken.

“Something’s wrong, Mrs. Leighton!”

“You told me to pick up the two young masters from the wildlife park and threaten Mr. Trix, but we’ve been all over the park and we didn’t see them…”

“We asked the staff and it turns out—one week ago, they were bitten by a poisonous snake and they’re already dead!”