The Transgender Best Friend

"Oh, wait. I should probably call him your fiancé now, shouldn't I? Don't forget about me after you two get married."Lander's slender fingers playfully slid back and forth over Jillian's arm in an unmistakably suggestive manner, but I simply scoffed and looked coldly at Jillian. "You really believe his nonsense about being transgender?" Ever since he started using that claim as a shield, Lander had stayed close to Jillian without a care in the world. Under the cover of being her best friend, he ate at her place and even slept there, ignoring any sort of basic boundaries. No one could imagine how shocked I was when I went to surprise Jillian for her birthday and found Lander lying in her bed! When I confronted Jillian hysterically, she merely brushed it off with indifference. "Lander had a fight with his family, so he's staying with me for now. Stop overreacting." I stared at all the empty guest rooms in Jillian's house and felt exhausted. What Jillian said next made my hear

Everyone in the auction house knew my face. As long as someone took off my mask, I would be saved. But the people passing by were in a hurry. No one cared about an item that was about to be auctioned. After the countdown, I was placed on a huge tray and pushed out. "The third lot is now onstage. The starting bid is one dollar." When the buyers below heard this, they began whispering to each other. "One dollar? Are they insulting us?" "This has to be the cheapest lot in the auction's history, right?" The price stunned even me, and a wave of humiliation surged through my chest. Lander was humiliating me! He wanted me to know that without Jillian, I would be worthless! Under Lander's manipulation, my price quickly rose to three hundred thousand dollars. I thrashed around desperately, and the sight of me writhing made the whole hall burst into laughter. Suddenly, my eyes met Jillian's. She stared at me in shock, rubbed her eyes, and kept staring at me. I knew she had recogn

I flexed my wrists, rubbed raw and bleeding from the ropes, and watched the staff with a somber expression. "I swear to God, boss! I failed to recognize the young master!" "I broke your rules, boss! I have no excuse!" The entire auction house echoed with voices begging for forgiveness. My dad brought over a blanket and carefully wrapped me in his arms. "Are you alright, my son? This is all my fault. I let you suffer." The man who had always feared nothing now had a trembling voice. As he spoke, he hugged me tightly. "I promised your mother I would take good care of you, but I broke my word!" I gently patted my father's back and shook my head. "This is all my fault for trusting the wrong people. If I hadn't believed that cheating woman Jillian, I wouldn't have ended up like this." I looked coldly toward Jillian in the middle of the hall, my tone calm. "I want these two to pay for their actions!" The moment I finished speaking, I lost consciousness again as my vision turn

My dad sat there with a commanding posture, propping his chin on his hand as he surveyed the room. Looking closely, his posture was exactly the same as mine. We really were father and son. "I bid... One dollar." Someone raised a paddle. As if inspired, everyone began raising their paddles and bidding, but each time, they only added one dollar. Lander's face went red with anger, and he glared at me viciously. "Firo, you finally showed your true colors! You spent all these years pretending to be innocent and naïve! Was it fun to toy with Jillian? You don't have to humiliate me like this. My family isn't powerless either!" As soon as he finished speaking, my dad snapped his fingers. Soon, someone delivered the news to Lander that his family's cash flow had dried up and bankruptcy was imminent. "You mean this Harris Family? Unfortunately, they can barely protect themselves now. They've probably even forgotten who caused all this. Do you want me to remind them and ask them to come

The most ridiculous part was that when Jillian's father picked up the call, his roar could be clearly heard through the receiver. "Everyone's accounts have been frozen! You better not cause trouble for me during this period! Otherwise, forget about ever calling me your father again!" After the call ended, Jillian's face turned pale as she stared at her phone, unable to recover for a long time. "What exactly is going on here?" My dad sneered and draped an arm around Jillian's shoulders. "A bet is a bet, little one. Don't worry. I'm a law-abiding citizen. I won't make you do anything illegal." Leo walked over with a smile and took Jillian and Lander away, and the farce finally ended. On the way home, I was filled with curiosity. "Dad, what are you planning to do with them?" My dad stared at me, at a loss for words. "Why do you look like a mobster even more than your old man? No, we're not icing them. We call this re-education. "I contacted Lander's and Jillian's family. In ex