“He arrived pretty quickly.” Charles spun his chair around with a lazy look on his face.

Closing the document in her hand and setting it aside, Sonia said, “Let him in.”

“Of course,” Daphne answered.

Very quickly, Titus entered the room, thereupon he gave Sonia a sharp stare.

 

As she was already used to such workplace clashes, Sonia was unbothered and only offered him a faint smile as she gestured at the seat in front of her. “Please have a seat, President Gray.”

“You sure look calm!” he snarled, almost in praise, before pulling out the chair and sitting opposite her.

Meanwhile, Charles sat by her side. With that, she pushed the tea that she had Daphne make gently over to Titus and said, “Thank you for your praise, President Gray. Please have some tea.”

Having no intention of drinking it at all, he merely looked down at the tea before him. Nonetheless, she didn’t mind and only set her hands on the table with her fingers intertwined. “I figure you must have a purpose for coming to Paradigm. Co. today.”

“Since you’re asking, I might as well say it straight. I’m taking back the piece of land in the center of the city.” Titus stared closely at her.

with a smile. “Take it back? I’m afraid that’s not possible. After all, it has been transferred and wholly belongs to me now. It’s not yours,

 

that he had misspoken, he amended his sentence. “You misunderstood me. When I say ‘take,’ I don’t mean it literally. I wish to buy it back.” Even so, he fumed a little. After all, he could have gotten this land for

behind

million,” he proposed, lifting up one finger as he stared

and couldn’t help but reply, “Do you really think you can buy back a plot of land in the city center with 100 million?

insults directed at him, Titus scowled. “Be careful I don’t sue you for

course, Charles wasn’t afraid of idle threats and only curled his bottom lip. “Am I wrong? Why else would you offer only 100 million? Or do you think we’re simply

sip before saying with a smile, “I

not enough, he asked after a

it—2 billion.” Sonia put down

Titus, even Charles gaped at her right

the table, Titus complained, “2 billion, President

starting estimate is 1.5 billion or so, and the price is only going to skyrocket once its surroundings have been developed. When you take that into account,

take for the land to be worth 2 billion? For you to offer me that price right now means you

I will have the deed transferred to you at once. You’re only thinking like that because you don’t wish to give me that much.

smoothly the construction process goes!”

“Are you threatening us,

he turned

he watched Titus slam the door shut, Charles asked, “You’re not thinking of playing a trick on

he gives me that sum of money, I shall give him the plot of land. He can think what he wants,

“In such a short amount of time, you’ve become such a fox in the market. 2 billion! Never mind

shall have the land to myself,”

rang. Putting down her teacup, she picked up the

President Reed, but some issues have arisen with our engineering team, and we’re not able to help you build your factory. It’s best that you find someone else.” With that, the person at the other end of

in concern

mouth, but before she could respond, the phone rang again. This time, it was a

tightening her grip around the phone. She could already guess what the other

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