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“Sure thing!” Estelle said, balancing the late-night snack box as she headed inside with the man walking beside
her. But then, Estelle’s ears picked up the murmur of men and women from the direction of the living room.
Without any change of expression, Estelle set down the snacks and turned to leave.
The man followed her to the door, quietly closing the door after she left.
Estelle continued up to deliver the midnight feasts. She didn’t encounter the person she was looking for, but she
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtwasn’t worried—it was only her first day!
Just as she was about to return to the ground floor, a fellow maid grabbed her arm and said in excitement, “No
more work for now, there’s an auction starting soon!”
The two women rode the elevator to the thirty-second floor and entered a bar.
Zion, desolate and empty by day, came alive at night with a cacophony of voices and a shimmer of opulence.
The bar was a melting pot of nationalities, everyone laughing and carousing. Their serious, scientific facades
were nowhere to be seen at this moment.
The sweet blonde who’d brought Estelle here threaded through the crowd, receiving a playful pinch on the waist
from an acquaintance, to which she responded with a flirtatious wink. She led Estelle to a spot near a central stage
where a crowd was gathering in anticipation. The blonde maid squeezed Estelle’s hand, her eyes sparkling with
excitement, “There are three up for auction tonight, and they’re all top-notch!” Estelle realized they were
auctioning off people. She wasn’t interested in the auction. Instead, her gaze kept sweeping the surrounding crowd.
Suddenly, the crowd erupted in cheers as the lights converged on the stage and a cage descended from above,
revealing a girl huddled inside.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmEstelle had seen such spectacles before, but it had been years. Her feelings about it had changed.
Dressed in a revealing bikini, the girl in the cage was from Coral Island. Her frightened eyes was scanning the
ecstatic crowd around her.
The cage opened. With the top half rising, the girl was left on the stage.
With each detail, the crowd cheered louder as if they were celebrating.
No one seemed to care that the girl on stage was crying.
The auctioneer announced the starting bid, and the figures began to climb.
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