Amelia thought, "The stage is tall enough to kill me." The thought was planted in her mind and she came to decide that she would end her humiliation altogether by jumping down from the stage.
When the emcee paid no notice to her, Amelia closed her eyes all in a sudden. She grasped the hemline of her dress and took a deep breath before she brought herself to jump down from the edge of the stage.
At this moment, while everyone held their breath in disbelief, Amelia on the other hand, was waiting determinedly for the moment when she could finally rest in peace.
Beyond her expectation, someone reached out to hold her from falling directly onto the ground. All she could hear was someone whispering at her, "Don't you know that it's dangerous for you to jump down as this height?"
The man who whispered was speaking in the same accent as she did!
Besides, Amelia was certain of a fact that she recognized his voice. That was why Amelia subconsciously opened her eyes.
Her gaze fell directly on the man's face. At some point in time, she could not help but wonder if it was a sign of dissociation at the sight of this man. She blinked her eyes several times to make sure that the man standing in front of her was real. Yet to recover from shock, she stammered, "Sawyer?" "Mm." Sawyer acknowledged her before putting her down onto the ground. He then held her waist single-handedly just in case she lost her balance again.
It was him! How was it even possible?
After all, what was ongoing in this place did not appear to be an ordinary business gathering to her at all. She could not help but wonder why Sawyer would show up here.
Sawyer swept a glance at Amelia's confused yet erotic expression. He then stated as a matter of fact coldly, "I'm the one that bid you. From now on, you're my property. Hurry up and follow me."
Amelia could tell from his words that it sounded more like a warning. She could not help but sneak a glance at those men in the surrounding who were still eyeing at her nastily. She had to admit that Sawyer was the one that could change her fate at this very moment. In order to survive, she had no other choice but to obey to him regardless.
"Okay." She had to bite her lower lips after giving him a single word reply. That was the only way to prevent her from groaning as the aphrodisiac was getting into her way over time.
With his hand holding Amelia's waist still, Sawyer made a step forward. Consequently, Amelia could not help but groan a little in frustration.
He turned around and glanced at her. All he could see was Amelia twisting her slender legs together uncomfortably.
Everyone could simply tell that she was off the weather. Frowning, Sawyer asked coldly, "You can't walk, can you?"
"Erm..." After all, Amelia still found it difficult to bring herself to admit to a man that what was ongoing in her body.
"Throw your arms around my neck." Despite the fact that it was an intimate order to make, Sawyer's gaze remained distantly cold.
Amelia shot him a reluctant glance.
At the sight of this, Sawyer could not help but threaten her, "Hurry up. Otherwise I'm going to leave you here alone!"
His words left Amelia with no choice but to do as being told. She reached out to wrap her arms around his neck feebly.
Sawyer then lowered his knees a little in an
attempt to lift her up from the ground. It was at this time that she hesitated again, "No..."
Sawyer shot her a cold glance as he asked, "Why not?"
"My...my dress..." Amelia could not help feeling humiliated as she said this. After all, it was never her intention to dress up seductively. The slits on both side of the dress were extended to the part of her hips. In other words, her private part would be seen as soon as Sawyer carried her up.
Sawyer nodded understanding^ after figuring out the reason behind her hesitation.
"I'll take note on this." With that said, this time he leaned forward to lift her up again without giving her chance to retort.
Amelia had no other choice but to let him do whatever he wanted.
Fortunately, Sawyer was a man of his words. One of his hands held her waist while another one passed through the back of her knees, only her calves were exposed in the air.
Amelia felt so much better at the sight of this. At this time, she could at least hypnotized herself into believing that she was wearing a pair of shorts in summer which rendered it inevitable for her to expose her legs.
Her pair of red heels under her feet dangled in the air as Sawyer carried her in his arms around. The crowd continued to stare at her with their penetrating gaze.
"What is Sawyer doing here?
Why were these people offering their wealth on the table to him?
Most importantly, what kind of business that they were talking about?"
A bunch of questions flooded her mind at this moment. She could not help but glance at Sawyer in hope that he would answer her doubts.
Sawyer noticed the gaze from Amelia and he lowered down his head as he whispered, "Can you hold yourself together for a while more?"
Despite the fact that she was on the verge of breaking point physically, she thought that her sanity could still rule. She murmured feebly, "I guess so."
Sawyer laid down clear instruction for her briefly, "Well, I will put you down now. Don't go anywhere. Just remain seated on my laps. We'll leave this place as soon as I'm done."
Amelia swept a glance at the surrounding before she brought herself to nod reluctantly.
Sawyer then said, "And also, call me Quartley from now onwards." "Quartley?"
"That's right."
Amelia remembered it by heart, "All right, Quartley."
Just like any other celebrities or undercover agent for police, it was normal for them to create a nickname or referral code while keeping their real names in secret. The same could be explained for Sawyer's situation. She believed that he had his own set of rules to function in his world.
It was just that she seemingly heard the name 'Quartley' before.
After Sawyer made it clear to Amelia all the dos and don'ts, he finally put her down onto the ground.
Meanwhile, someone reached out with his perverted hand in an attempt to take advantage of her. However, as soon as he noticed a meaningful glance from Sawyer, he could not help but retract his hand sheepishly.

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