Peakview Club.

A top-level luxurious retreat for the wealthy of Arcadia CIty.

Inside the extravagantly decorated lobby, Aria Larson, clad in a black trench coat, sunglasses, and a mask, hides in a corner, carefully observing the surroundings.

Tonight, Peakview Club is hosting an extravagant feast. At this moment, the Lobby is bustling with the famous figures of Arcadia CIty.

Among these individuals, there are more than ten burly men in black suits, quietly moving about and scanning the surroundings.

Upon seeing them, Aria hurriedly shrinks back in panic.

Damn it!

These guys have actually blocked the doorway!!

Resting against the wall, Aria reflects on the events of the past few hours, feeling as though she's had the worst possible run of bad luck.

She's a low-tier model who normally takes on small showgirl gigs. Four hours ago, her agent mentioned a big audition she could go for. She was elated and rushed to the company. After drinking a cup of water handed to her by her agent, she lost consciousness.

By the time she woke up, her wicked agent had sold her to Peakview Club, turning her into an item to be auctioned off just tonight!

The people frequenting Peakview Club are either wealthy or noble. Would not anyone among them be able to crush her with a single finger?

She had heard that all these rich people have perverse tastes. If one were to buy her, torture her to death and nobody would ever know she could only be considered a missing person afterward!

Aria slipped away when the people watching her were distracted.

Seeing the ray of victory and freedom right before her eyes, she almost managed to escape, but then...

The door was actually blocked!

If she couldn't get out at this point, once the guests went to the auction hall and these men started searching for people without any restraint, she would undoubtedly be unable to escape!

Just at this moment, a man in black suddenly turned his gaze toward her direction.

Aria's heart jumped in fright.

She hastily retreated and turned to run.

However, as she turned, she directly bumped into a cold, iron-like chest.

"It hurts!!"

With a cry of pain, Aria looked up, only to see a face that was extraordinarily handsome yet excessively indifferent.

Having mixed in the modeling circle, Aria thought she had seen a lot of things, yet this was the first man she had seen with such good looks.

"Where do you think you're running to?" As Aria stood there stunned, an ominous voice from the man echoed behind her.

Knowing that she was at her wit's end, Aria gritted her teeth, removed her sunglasses and mask, and clung to the man she had bumped into, taking refuge by his side, "Sir, please help me, I was sold here by human traffickers, I beg you to help me!"

Aria pitifully looked towards the man, her large and moist eyes filled with desperation.

The man lowered his eyelids expressionlessly. After seeing Aria's face, there was a glint of surprise in his eyes that quickly returned to indifference.

"It's you..."

The man's voice was deep and pleasant to the ear, making Aria feel as though she had grasped a lifeline upon hearing his words.

Is he going to pretend to know her in order to help her?

"Yes, it's me!"

Aria immediately nodded like a pestle.

"Mr. Hayes, do you know this woman?" The man in black, seeing that Aria seemed to know their esteemed guest, didn’t dare to approach recklessly, and asked in a respectful way.

Ian looked down at Aria’s expectant face, then curled his lips into a sly smile, "Why would I know such a woman?”

The man coldly pushed Aria's hand away, and walked away without looking back.

Aria froze for a moment, then exploded!

"Such a woman?"

She was just an innocent girl about to be persecuted. What kind of woman was she?

If he didn’t want to help, that was fine. But why did he pretend to know her and give her hope? Was he purposely messing around with her?

"Bastard!"

Aria cursed, just about to chase after him for clarification when the man in black suddenly jabbed a needle into her neck.

A wave of dizziness swept over her, the man's tall figure gradually blurred before her eyes, and she seemed to see him look back just before she fainted.

******

When she woke up again, Aria found herself confined in a large golden birdcage. She was wearing a bunny girl skirt that barely covers her private parts, her hands raised high and handcuffed overhead to the cage, forcing her to stand there in utter humiliation.

"Next up, we have our number 3 auction item, a pure and adorable bunny girl, with a starting price of 500,000."

Just as Aria was bewildered, the auctioneer called out, and a beam of light illuminates her. Her mortifying image appeared simultaneously on the huge screen opposite her.

Aria immediately panicked, is she the pure and adorable bunny girl they were talking about?

On the high-definition screen, the teenager's figure was full of curves, her skin was fair and flawless, her legs were straight and slender, coupled with her innocent and harmless face, the men in the field immediately boiled with excitement.

"3 million!"

As soon as the auction started, a bulky, big-eared Mediterranean man raised his sign, instantly raising the price sixfold.

Aria felt like dying, this was the first time she realized she was actually this valuable.