Sold To The Hottest Bidder (Book Two): Sold To The Hottest Bidder, #2

By Layla Valentine

I've been bought by the billionaire,

And now he wants a return on his investment...

 

Emily:

 

It didn't take long for things to get out of hand.

Thrust on stage in front of a crowd of wealthy, powerful masked men,

And they're selling me to the highest bidder!

 

Kyle:

 

The moment I saw her, I knew she'd be mine.

The sexiest lot on the stage.

Anyone's, for a price.

When that hammer comes down, I'm going to be the one buying.

Trussed up and put up for sale,

Emily's about to discover that everyone has their price…

• Language: English
• Publisher: Layla Valentine
• Release date: Jan 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201761080

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SOLD TO THE HOTTEST BIDDER

BOOK TWO

LAYLA VALENTINE

Copyright © 2022 by Layla Valentine

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CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

Chapter Nine

Chapter Ten

CHAPTER ONE

EMILY

"N ow, tell me absolutely everything. I’m shocked that you even went, and I want to hear how you held up with the rest of the crowd," Maddy said as she walked in through the door.

I smiled and shook my head, also unsure of how I had managed to do so well with the situation I had put myself in. I wouldn’t have said that I’d handled things perfectly, but I had certainly held my own in the club.

You’re not mad at me, are you? I asked as the two of us walked into the kitchen.

Maddy laughed.

I have to admit, I thought it was a little strange when you hopped into my ride—but when you didn’t answer my call, I figured you knew what you were doing.

She shook her head with a mischievous grin and I smiled, too. I still felt the excitement in my chest, and I was eager to relate to her what had happened. Maddy took a seat at the counter and I handed her a glass of iced tea before grabbing my own glass and settling in to begin.

Well, as you know, we arrived at that mansion up on the hill, and I used your name to get in. I had no idea what was going on, but thought that I was going to just do as everyone told me to—I didn’t know what you were supposed to be doing there, so I thought that they would tell me.

I paused and Maddy smirked. I could tell she still found this entire situation amusing, and I wasn’t sure whether I ought to take comfort or offense from it.

They announced that all the ‘lots’ had arrived, and since I didn’t know what that meant, I just went along with it. I was dragged into the back room and they gave me this dress, then I was put out on display for everyone to bid on.

I held out the dress I had been given, looking at Maddy with a questioning face.

Maddy took the dress and held it up against herself.

I bet this will fit me. I wouldn’t worry about it, if I were you—but I’ll trade you one of my…less skimpy…dresses, if you want to replace the one you lost.

She smiled and I gave her a grateful look. I hadn’t been overly attached to the cocktail dress I had lost that night, but at the same time, I didn’t have many dresses to go out in, and I would feel its absence.

You were up first? she asked, looking up at me.

I nodded, then continued.

It seemed to go really fast at first; then, the bidding dwindled. Right at the end, this man suddenly bids way higher than anyone else—a hundred grand, Maddy! A few people tried to bid against him, but he wouldn’t allow it. He won the round, and then I was led off the stage and spent the evening with him.

I hesitated to continue, but Maddy was leaning forward on the counter with an extremely interested look on her face.

And? she prompted.

Well, I guess we hit it off. He took me over to the bar, then after we’d had a few drinks and talked for a while, we decided to head out onto the dance floor. I’ve never danced like that in my life, Maddy! I swear it felt like we were the only two people on the planet.

I paused, reliving the memories of grinding with Kyle on the dance floor and just how amazing it had felt. I would have given anything to be back there—and part of me wished we’d had another dance or two before we’d headed to the bar.

Maddy didn’t seem as interested in the dancing, however, as she was in what happened next.

So, did you just dance all night? Come on, this has to get really interesting at some point! she exclaimed.

Okay, okay. So after we danced for a while, we went over to the bar and had a couple more drinks. I hope you don’t mind that I maintained that I was you with him. I mean, I told him my real name, but I also kind of showed him a few of your photos and told him I was a model.

I looked at Maddy once more, trying to see if she was going to be upset with me by what I had done. Once again, to my surprise, she didn’t seem at all phased that I had stolen her identity for a night. In fact, she grinned.

To be fair, we do look exactly alike, and he likely wouldn’t have been impressed to hear that you were a nurse. I don’t mean to be offensive by that, Em—these aren’t the kinds of people to place a value on education. They want to know what you are doing with your…physical…gifts in life, and how much money you have for doing it, she said as she sat back in her chair.

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