Chapter 1869 Unexpected Aftermath

• While Finnegan and Peter slipped into a private velvet-walled suite, Emmy melted into the shadows of the corridor, ghosting past Clearwater Club's roaming guards until she reached the frosted glass of an upstairs office. Pressing her ear to the cold pane, she caught Thornelia's hushed conversation with a sharp-suited bidder—the very man who had purchased every woman from Loang at that night's auction.
• From their terse exchange, Emmy learned that, just as Finnegan had suspected, the bidder moved on Thornelia's orders; the staggering bids were nothing more than scripted plays in a deeper game.
• The true intent was breathtaking in its simplicity—secure the women under the club's legal hammer, then send them quietly home to Loang.