“Knox looks so uncomfortable up there,” Travis laughs softly.
“It’s probably because Savi is watching his every move,” Jake snickers.
I tune out my annoying brothers as I watch the auction begin. Colton’s first as the battle begins. Numbers are thrown out so fast I can’t keep track of them. He finally wins a dance with a brunette for twenty-five hundred before they move to Hunter.
Paddles fly up left and right before finally settling on a redhead who paid the same amount.
“Twenty-five hundred for a dance? This is nuts,” Lyla giggles.
“Maybe they are only doing it to give back to the kids?”
I look at my mom like she’s lost her mind.
“Just trying to make you feel better, honey,” she smiles.
“They are all coming from the same table and wearing little to nothing,” Ryder chuckles. “They definitely are not here for the children. Maybe to make some.”
“That’s not helping, Ry,” Eve whispers to her husband.
“I think Sav has already figured it out based on the daggers she’s shooting in that direction.”
Ryder’s right. They all came together with one goal in mind. There are six of them, and there’s no doubt about what they came for tonight. They are dressed to kill, and all of them are stunning to look at.
I watch Thane get three grand from the blonde in their group before they move on to Jett.
Jett winks at their table, and it fires them up as they move up to thirty-five hundred to the other blonde.
Cayden is next, and there are only two girls left. A dark-haired beauty and a beautiful auburn-haired girl. I hold my breath as the bidding begins. The auburn hair outbids the room, settling on five thousand, the biggest bid yet.
“Jesus,” Olivia whispers. “They are on a mission, and nobody else stands a chance.”
I watch the dark-haired girl pick up her paddle with a smug look on her face. Her eyes zero in on Knox as I watch her lick her lips before she smiles at him seductively.
“Did you see that?” Sophia exclaims. “Give me that paddle,” she demands, trying to take it from Travis.
“You are not bidding on Knox,” he laughs. “I already made a hefty donation. You can dance with him for free later.”
“I know you ladies have been waiting for this one,” the announcer says, and I roll my eyes at his stupid monologue. “Let’s start the bidding at two thousand for the captain of the Bayside Bolts.”
Paddles shoot up left and right, and I get whiplash as I move my head around the room at all the hands in the air. It’s down to the dark-haired girl and another woman as they battle it out. It finally gets too steep, and the other woman keeps her paddle down as the bidding stalls at seven thousand dollars.
The girl looks at Knox again and plays with her necklace around her neck. I can only imagine what she’s thinking about right now. My hand shoots up in the air before I can stop it.
“Seventy-five hundred,” I yell, looking the girl dead in the eye as she shoots daggers my way.
“That’s what I’m talking about,” Olivia grins. “Don’t let her win, Savi.”
I meet Knox’s eye, and surprise flashes across his features before a smile plays on his lips. He slides his hands into his pockets and watches to see what I’ll do next. I see his teammates out of the corner of my eye, chuckling as they watch this all unfold.
“Eight thousand,” she yells, looking right at me, daring me to go further.
“Nine thousand,” I shout back, not even bothering to hold up my paddle.
“Savi, honey. That’s a lot of money. Are you sure you know what you are doing?” My dad asks, leaning over to me.
“Just having Knox buy his way out of the trouble he’s going to be in if he lays one hand on her body for a dance,” I say calmly, keeping my eyes on the girl who’s testing me.
“God, this is great,” Miles laughs.
