Elena Quinn built her reputation exposing powerful men who believed money could bury the truth.Her latest investigation leads her to The Velvet Exchange, a secret auction where billionaires buy thirty nights of absolute obedience from carefully selected women.Rumor says the Exchange is protected by a mysterious billionaire whose name appears nowhere in public records.Men who cross him disappear.Others are found broken.Determined to uncover the truth, Elena takes the most dangerous step of her career. She enters the auction herself as Lot Seven. But the moment the bidding ends, her plan shatters. Because the man who bought her is the one person she never expected to see again. It's none other than Soren Vale. The billionaire she destroyed ten years ago.

The faith of man shall prevail all. She laid on her dry cotton blanket covered with food crumps from the previous night, reminiscing of when she last had a decent meal, engulfed in her own thoughts on what the future holds for her, and still hunted by her past. In the mist of her been in her confused state she laid her complaint to herself burying her eyes in her pillow soaked in tears from previous nights, she has always imagined herself as a promiscuous woman cause In her lies a potential she is yet to uncover With her little or no income she gets from doing odd jobs, she sometimes goes home without getting paid for her services with an excuse of I will get back to you which most of them have a hard time keeping to their words. From cleaning of people's home and work space to taking out the dirt from gutters and drains, just so she could at least afford to get a meal to eat, the money she gets from her odd jobs couldn't hold her in. Most times she goes to bed hungry with no hope of where the next meal would come from, and leaves the house in search for her daily bread Every night she goes to bed with a swollen eye and a heavy heart and wakes up with a baggy eye lid and severe migraines which gets worsen during the day especially when she's out working, she's constantly reminded of her present self. She always tries to escape reality which leads to her dwelling in the past rather than the future. With her been the first offspring of her parents, she knows she has a lot of responsibilities to withhold especially financially, she could barely hold a two square meal for herself a day let alone support anyone at this state she's in. Her younger siblings who are also in college and having a hard time keeping up with their daily school expenses, she will always remember the day she got a disturbing call from her younger sibling who is also in college asking her for some spare change to at least buy some bread that would take her for dinner cause she haven't had anything to eat all day, upon hearing this her heart sank deep into her chest, with her mouth turning numb she couldn't get any words out of them, the tears all clustered up in her chest giving the sensational chest burn, which comes with panic attacks. The parents on the other hand couldn't do much either cause they are all in the same shoes, they can't even afford a three square meal, sometimes they eat just ones a day which makes it very difficult for them to send anything for their children Both parents are hard working but things has really been tough for them lately each passing day is like a living nightmare for them cause they both feel they are falling their children. It hasn't always been this way for her family, they use to be a middle class family living in the wealthy side of the country, they lived a pretty comfortable and simple life her parents had the upper hand of raising her and her siblings with discipline and principles, they were never bothered by what they were going to eat the next day or where it would come from cause that never seems to be a problem, they were comfortable with their lifestyle not until everything starts to take a drastic turn in their life, firstly her father's business started to crumble little by little he started having low or sometimes no income, he goes out everyday hoping to get something productive in return he comes home empty handed leaving the family to stay in hunger he kept doing everything in his power to substain he's family leading him into taking out loans and borrowing money from people, starting to become an habit cause his only source of income could nor longer held profit. In the mist of all this he has to think of a way to ensure his children stay in school as they are his only investment, he couldn't let the devil win and prevail over him. Him been in so many debts selling his car was the best option for him to pay their fees so they would be able to write their exams. They kept on living like this for months, having an amazing body phiquse coupled with glowing skin and having a healthy body now engulfed by the aura of poverty from eating from hand to mouth not knowing where the next meal would come from and been subdue to hunger. Her mom who knows better kept praying day and night for a fruitful change in hope of things getting better, coming from a christian home these are trials and temptations which they have been battling for the longest time now and they all still keep their hopes high. They must have to endure this lifestyle for they no not when it will end but one thing they all have in common is faith in hope of things getting better someday and trusting in thy lord for a better tomorrow.