This was the Doyle family's territory.
If she dared to cause trouble and disrupt his event, she was going to pay the price.
She wanted to bid on their grand finale?
He would make sure she didn't even have the right to enter a price.
This girl hadn't made a single bid the entire night, as if all the rare treasures presented meant nothing to her.
Sebastian wasn't as stupid as Bianca; he didn't think Serena was holding back because she lacked the funds.
Instead...
He had figured it out.
Her target was absolutely the final lot.
And just as he predicted,
During the final bidding war for the Astral Titanium,
Serena tried to make her move.
She wanted it.
And he was going to deny her.
He had specifically changed the bidding format for the final round just to target her.
Sitting beside him, Bianca had clearly noticed the exchange.
Though she didn't know exactly what strings her brother had pulled, seeing Serena and that model mashing their button to no avail gave her a pretty good idea.
The suffocating frustration she felt earlier instantly vanished.
But Bianca had learned her lesson.
She didn't immediately run over to mock Serena.
Instead, she checked Sebastian's expression.
Only after receiving his subtle nod of approval,
Did she turn and purposefully nudge one of her friends in the Inner Circle, gesturing toward Serena's table.
The debutantes knew Bianca had just been thoroughly humiliated by that woman.
Sebastian took a sip of wine and offered Serena another curved smile.
It was a smile laced with deep provocation.
It practically screamed: This is the Doyle family's game, and I make the rules.
Want to play?
Beg me.
Sebastian thrived on watching a woman watch helplessly as the thing she wanted most slipped through her fingers.
He wanted to shatter her cool, detached composure and see her fly into a desperate rage.
This was how he handled his prey.
He would systematically break their pride, inch by inch, and crush their dignity.
He would make her understand.
In Vaelion City, there were some people you simply did not cross.
However, the reaction Sebastian was waiting for never came...

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