The exchange between Alice and the grandson of Lord Kelly, if it could have been considered an exchange at all… it went unnoticed by everybody else and soon the attention of the crowd would change to the next participant. Sofia Fernandez. A diplomat from Spain, and overall a charming woman to be with—thus it was no wonder that she garnered quite a cluster of bidders.
But despite the many men contending for the hand of Sofia, the auction was short lived.
“Ten Thousand Pounds.” Kevin raised a hand, glancing at the other men who had been bidding—they hesitated and seemed to appraise the situation. There were some shared looks in the crowd, considering or wondering if the man was doing a bluff or who the man was. Sighing to himself, and knowing that his bid would be used for charity, he pus
