Throughout the entire auction process, Roger kept a wooden expression on his face, but to the other women present, these actions naturally translated to arrogance.
In the end, Ms. Carrot outshone all the others, winning Roger's ownership with ample funds.
As for Veronica, she did as she said she would do, picking out the oldest one among the crowd, with grey hair and a sigh-inducing stubble, handsome indeed, but clearly an uncle-age man from his years.
"What on earth is Henrik up to, not even properly researching Veronica's preferences?"
"Or did the old lad deliberately shove me in here because of this Ms. Carrot?"
Roger had a headache. With the place teeming with people, it was naturally not convenient for him to do anything. Next, they would all be taken away, then sent to the rooms of the winners from the auction.
"Hey, buddy, you're really lucky."
The curly-haired young man from earlier leaned close to Roger and whispered.
