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2026-03-18 18:06:07The smile on the man with the clipboard didn’t change.
He simply took the papers Sofia’s stepfather had signed and slid them neatly into a folder, as if they were nothing more than routine paperwork. The casual way he did it made Sofia uneasy.
“Everything is in order,” the man said smoothly.
He gestured toward the stage.
“You can bring her up.”
Sofia frowned. “Bring me where?”
Her stepfather’s hand tightened around her arm. “Up there,” he muttered, nodding toward the girls standing beneath the bright lights.
Sofia looked again.
The line of girls suddenly made much more sense now, and the realization made her stomach drop.
“No,” she said quietly.
Her stepfather nudged her forward, her feet stayed planted.
“What is this?” she demanded, her voice shaking.
For the first time that evening, he looked directly at her with open irritation.
“It’s simple,” he said. “You stand there.”
“Why?”
He gave a short, humorless laugh.
“Because you’re being sold.”
The words struck like ice water,she stared at him “You’re joking.”
Panic rose in her chest.
“You can’t sell me.”
His grip tightened painfully around her arm.
“Watch me.”
Before she could react, he pushed her forward.
The assistant standing near the stage caught Sofia gently by the elbow and guided her toward the steps.
“Come on,” the woman said softly, almost apologetically.
Sofia’s heart hammered against her ribs.
“This isn’t happening,” she whispered.
But the steps were already beneath her feet.
By the time she reached the stage, it was too late to turn back.
The lights were blinding from up there, hot against her face as the entire room came into view. Rows of tables surrounded the stage, each one filled with men in expensive suits who were now watching with quiet interest.
The assistant guided her into the line of girls.
“Stand here.”
Sofia did.
Her hands felt numb.
Beside her, one of the girls sniffed quietly, trying not to cry.
Another stared straight ahead like she had completely shut down.
The auctioneer stepped forward.
He was a well-dressed man with a confident smile and the easy voice of someone used to controlling a room.
“Gentlemen,” he began, spreading his arms slightly, “thank you for your patience.”
Several men leaned back in their chairs, glasses of whiskey or champagne resting casually in their hands.
“Our final entry of the evening has arrived.”
His gaze lifted toward Sofia.
“And I believe she will be worth the wait.”
Her stomach twisted.
A man near the front chuckled.
“Let’s see if she is.”
The auctioneer nodded politely.
“We’ll begin the bidding at two hundred thousand.”
The number barely registered in Sofia’s mind.
Two hundred thousand.
“For a start,” someone called.
“Two fifty.”
“Three hundred.”
The numbers rose almost immediately, voices calm and uninterested as if they were bidding on a painting.
Sofia’s chest tightened.
They weren’t even looking at her properly.
Most of them simply raised a hand while continuing their conversations.
“Four hundred.”
“Five.”
“Six hundred.”
The auctioneer’s smile widened.
“Excellent, gentlemen.”
Sofia’s breathing became shallow.
Her gaze flicked toward the doors.
Security guards stood there watching the room carefully.
She couldn’t run.
“Eight hundred.”
“One million.”
The number caused a ripple of murmurs across the room.
One million dollars.
Her ears rang.
The man who had spoken sat comfortably near the front, swirling a drink in his glass as if the number meant nothing.
“Do I hear one point two?” the auctioneer asked.
“Two million.”
A different voice this time.
More murmurs.
Sofia’s heart pounded harder.
The men weren’t slowing down.
They were competing.
For her.
“Two point five.”
“Three.”
“Three point five.”
The auctioneer was practically glowing now.
“Four million.”
Sofia felt like the ground beneath her had disappeared.
The numbers sounded unreal.
None of this could be real.
The bidding slowed slightly after that.
The man who had offered four million leaned back confidently.
“Going once,” the auctioneer said.
Silence stretched across the room.
“Going tw—”
A voice cut through the room.
“Ten million.”
Everything stopped,the entire club fell silent.
Sofia turned slowly toward the sound.
In the dim shadows at the back of the room sat a man she hadn’t noticed before.
He hadn’t raised his voice..
But somehow the entire room had gone still because of him.
The auctioneer cleared his throat.
“Ten million going once…”
Still silence.
“Going twice…”
The gavel came down sharply.
“Sold.”
The sound echoed through the room.
Sofia’s heart pounded wildly as she stared toward the man who had bought her.
Because suddenly every person in the room was whispering the same name.
Volkov.
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