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The moment the auctioneer finished speaking, the entire venue buzzed with excitement.

Low murmurs filled the once–quiet hall as all eyes locked onto the ten Disguise Pills disyed on the tform.

Sloane’s lips curled slightly. She turned to Lucas and murmured, “Looks like your early–stage promotion worked out.”

Lucas swept his gaze across the eager bidders. He gave no credit to himself. “Only because your pills work well enough to back it up.”

The auctioneer cleared her throat, raised a hand for silence, then dered, “The starting price for the Disguise Pill is 100,000. Each bid must increase by at least 50,000!”

As soon as her voice dropped, a bid rang out. “One hundred and fifty thousand!”

“Two hundred thousand!”

“Two hundred and fifty thousand!”

The crowd’s bids rolled in one after another, the price climbing fast. Sloane watched the enthusiastic buyers scramble to raise their paddles, secretly satisfied.

Though the iDisguise /iiPill /ihad incredible effects, at the end of the day, it was still just a beauty- enhancing supplement. This auction was more of a test run.

Lucas tilted his head toward her, voice warm. “What do you think the final price will be?”

Sloane smiled faintly and held up five fingers. “Half a million.”

Lucas raised his brows in amusement. “You’re confident in your pill, huh?”

“No,” Sloane said as she propped her chin on her hand and looked at him with a teasing glint. “I’m confident in iyou/ii. /iFor pure vanity, thirty thousand would be enough. But this is our first coboration–if it sells itoo /ilow, wouldn’t that affect our future ventures? Don’t you think so, Mr. Hawthorne?”

Lucas couldn’t help butugh. She was clearly telling him to inte the price–and doing it with such a straight face.

“Well then, since you’ve asked so nicely, I certainly can’t let you down.” He nced at Andrew meaningfully.

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Andrew immediately stepped out of the room.

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“Five hundred thousand!” the auctioneer announced excitedly. “A stunningdy from VIP Room 9 has bid five hundred thousand! Do I hear another bid?”

The sudden price jump silenced the rest of the room.

On the massive screen, real–timementary began to scroll:

“Half a million? She’s insane!”

“For a beauty pill? Seriously?”

“Gotta be a nt by the auction house, no way that’s a real bid.”

Sloane caught the skepticism but didn’t say anything. She didn’t quite understand what Lucas was up to–but she knew he never yed without a n. The only question was… what was his leverage this time?

“Five hundred thousand going twice…”

“Five hundred thousand going three times… Sold!”

With the fall of the gavel, the first iDisguise /iiPill /iwas officially sold.

Just like that? Sloane nced over at Lucas, who was sipping his wine,pletely at ease.

“Wait a minute!”

Just as the staff prepared ito /ideliver the item to VIP Room 9, the shared screen for the room suddenly turned on.

This was a special feature of the auction–if a bidder chose to reveal their identity, they could activate the shared screen for everyone to see who was inside.

“Huh? Isn’t that Mr. Neil from Neil Auctions?”

“Isn’t he Don Auctions‘ rival? What’s he doing here?”

“This is gonna be interesting”

Mr. Neil’s voice boomed across the venue through the speakers. “Good evening, everyone. I’m Neil from Neil Auctions. I came here today just to see for myself what this so–called ‘Disguise Pill‘ is really about.”

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His tone dripped with sarcasm, clearly hinting that Don Auctions‘ advertising was nothing but empty hype.

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