Serena paused her steps.
She didn't turn around.
She merely tilted her head, her clear, cold eyes under the mask shooting a sideways, chilling glance at Arthur Doyle.
She didn't need to speak.
Arthur had already strode over.
He raised his hand and delivered a vicious slap.
Smack.
The heavy blow landed squarely on Bianca's face. "Shut your mouth!"
Bianca clutched her cheek, completely dazed.
Tears streamed down her face. She had absolutely no idea what she had done wrong.
She just couldn't stand that woman's arrogance.
She couldn't stand her trying to take their finale item for two dollars.
She was standing up for her dad.
Why was her dad hitting her?
That was clearly... clearly just a poor bitch who couldn't even afford a designer brand!
It was because she had no money that she resorted to this method, using two dollars to win their prized item!
Yet, after slapping her, her father forced a smile at that very bitch. "Miss, please take care on your way out."
Serena's cold gaze swept lightly over the members of the Doyle family.
She smirked, letting out a soft scoff.
"The Doyle family... wanted to rule Vaelion City with an iron fist. Did you ask for my permission?"
Her chilling tone was arrogant and wild.
It was an insufferably domineering kind of arrogance.
It was as if the Doyle family were nothing more than ants she could crush at will.
Dropping those words, Serena pulled Nicholas along and swaggered out, with the mercenaries clearing the path for her.
She left behind a hall full of shocked guests and the Doyle family members with ashen faces.
It wasn't until Serena's silhouette completely disappeared from view that the guests seemingly found their voices again, all of them utterly astounded.
He was shaking with anger.
"It's all because of you two..."
"If it weren't for you two idiots going out of your way to provoke that woman, the Astral Titanium wouldn't have been taken away by her for two dollars!"
Originally, that woman was clearly prepared to bid fairly.
But because of his two troublesome children, who offended her, it had escalated to this point.
"Dad, w-who exactly is she?" Bianca asked in disbelief, clutching her stinging face.
Sebastian also raised his eyes to look over.
"She's from the Global Strategic Task Force, the department specifically handling international strategic resources..." Arthur's voice trembled. "I never expected... I never expected that such a department would recruit a young girl from Elyndor, and I didn't get a single breath of wind about it!"
"Could she be an imposter?" Bianca was still holding onto a sliver of hope.
"Imposter? Who dares to impersonate someone from the Global Strategic Task Force?" Arthur glared fiercely at Bianca, breathing heavily. "You two have stirred up massive trouble this time!"
"Trouble?"
Suddenly, Sebastian laughed.
Beneath his glasses, his eyes curved into crescents, the lenses glinting. "I actually think... it's quite fascinating."

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