CHAPTER 39: AT THE AUCTION

"What do I mean?" Harry intoned blandly. "Here, I'll break it down further for you," he leaned closer to Laurent, "If you ever step foot into any future events held by the Woods family, I shall have you painfully neutered, am I clear?" Laurent bobbed his head up and down stiffly before nervously adjusting his jacket. He made as if to leave but suddenly paused and turned back to the little group. “You do understand what this little situation will do to my reputation in Birmingham if word of it gets out?” he threw a wicked glance at Victoria before continuing. “I beg for one last chance to redeem myself. Today's event is highly important to me,” "Then you should have acted accordingly," Harry chimed in, his voice dripping with sarcasm as a mocking smile spread across his face. "I mean, it's not like you couldn't control your urge to be a total douche for one night." “Can't I just apologize to them so we can all wave this whole thing aside?” Harry tilted his head to the side, the sm