All Chapters of SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER: Chapter 71 - Chapter 80

After the incident with Villanueva’s man and the supplier, the atmosphere between both groups did not return to what it was before, even though the agreement technically remained intact and no further interference happened in the following weeks, because once a line had been crossed once, everyone knew it could be crossed again, and that knowledge alone changed the way Stefano and the others operated, the way they trusted information, and the way they watched not only their enemies but also their supposed partners.The house became busier again, not with panic or emergency meetings, but with quiet preparation, new security measures, new verification systems for suppliers and partners, and Cassius spent long hours reviewing contracts and communication records to make sure no one else was secretly negotiating behind their backs. While Marco increased inspections of warehouses and transport routes personally, sometimes leaving early in the morning and coming back late at night, clearly n

The drive back from the estate was quieter than any of the nights before, not because nothing had happened, but because something had changed in a way that none of them had fully expected, and the weight of that realization settled in the car like a silent agreement that needed to be understood before it could be spoken out loud, because for the first time since Villanueva had appeared as a threat. He was no longer just a rival to watch or a partner to negotiate with, but potentially something far more complicated, a necessary ally against a new danger that neither side could ignore.Marco was the first to break the silence as the city lights passed by the window in long streaks of gold and white.“I don’t like it,” he said, his voice low but clear. “I don’t like the idea of working with him, even temporarily, because the moment we turn our attention somewhere else, he gets more space to grow.”Cassius leaned back slightly in his seat, his tone calm but thoughtful as always. “And if

The discovery of the office building connected to the truck changed the direction of everything they were doing, because until that moment the new group had been like shadows moving through warehouses, ports, and roads without leaving anything solid behind. But an office was different, an office meant paperwork, registration, electricity bills, internet connections, employees, deliveries, and records, and records meant information, and information was something Stefano and Cassius knew how to find if given enough time.The building itself looked ordinary, the kind of office building people walked past every day without looking twice, with a small lobby, an elevator that moved too slowly, and a directory board near the entrance listing different companies on each floor, most of them logistics firms, trading companies, small import-export businesses, and accounting offices, exactly the kind of companies that would not attract attention but could move money and goods quietly.Marco had

After the name Adrian Voss was confirmed and the weight of what it meant settled into the room, nothing in the house felt the same anymore, because before this, they were dealing with a group that was dangerous but still unknown in scale, and now they understood that the situation was far larger, far more organized, and far more deliberate than anything they had faced in the city before, and the center of that understanding, the person holding the most information, the one connecting pieces faster than anyone else, was Cassius.That realization did not need to be said out loud.Everyone felt it and Stefano noticed it immediately.“From now on, you don’t move alone,” Stefano said to Cassius the next morning while standing in the office, his tone calm but firm in a way that meant it was not a suggestion.Cassius looked up from the documents he was reviewing and raised an eyebrow slightly. “I’ve been moving alone for years.”Stefano did not react to that. “Not anymore.”Marco leaned agai

After Cassius confirmed that the people following him were no longer trying to stay invisible and were beginning to move closer, everything inside the house shifted into a different kind of preparation, not the quiet investigative work they had been doing for weeks but something more defensive, more alert, like everyone understood that the situation was moving toward a confrontation whether they wanted it or not, and even the air inside the house felt heavier, as if everyone was waiting for something to happen but did not know when or where it would begin.Stefano began changing schedules immediately, not just for Cassius but for everyone, including Marco, warehouse managers, drivers, and even office staff, because if someone was bold enough to follow Cassius openly, it meant they were confident and organized, and confident enemies were far more dangerous than desperate ones.Marco increased security teams and started personally checking routes again, sometimes leaving early in the mo