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Gilmore took out Earl Grey Tea from a ceramic canister and put it into a Brown Betty teapot. He added water, poured away the water, and then added the water again. After that, he filtered it into another small teapot and poured out two cups of fresh and mellow Earl Grey Tea.
The entire process was done in an unhurried and methodical manner.
Gilmore’s calmness impressed David.
If it were anyone else, such as billionaire bosses and experienced people in the business world would be nervous and uneasy in front of the chairman of Evergreen Group, not to mention someone in their early twenties like Gilmore.
Before David arrived, he had already asked Gerald to inform Gilmore.
Therefore, it was impossible for Gilmore not to know David’s identity.
However, Gilmore was still able to remain calm in front of him. This meant that -Gilmore was no ordinary individual.
As a result, he didn’t seem to mind his daughter choosing Gilmore as her “boyfriend” to cope with him and his wife.
Although David thought so, deep in his heart, he still thought that Gilmore could not be compared to Marco.
Because he knew Marco very well. He knew that the Chapmans and the Fosters were both rich and powerful families. He also knew that Marco really liked his daughter.
Gilmore put a cup of tea on the tea table in front of David and said, “David, please enjoy the tea.
David hummed, picked up the teacup, took a sip, tasted it carefully, and praised, “This is the newly picked Earl Grey tea this year. It’s sweet and fragrant, with a lingering fragrance and endless aftertaste.”
Gilmore also picked up the teacup and tasted it. As David said, the tea was sweet and fragrant, with lingering fragrance in the lips and teeth.
The tea was good.
However, Gilmore was just presenting Buddha with borrowed flowers.
That was because the Earl Grey tea was left by Christine when Gilmore
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villa.
Of course, Gilmore also knew that as the chairman of a giant company, David did not come to visit him specifically to taste tea.
In fact, he had already asked Christine on WhatsApp when he learned from Gerald that David was coming to see him.
Christine also told him that her parents had known about the invitation.
Moreover, Christine had specially instructed that no matter what her father asked, Gilmore could not reveal that he had a fake relationship with her.
Gilmore agreed readily.
He was still waiting for the fake boyfriend–girl relationship to become real!
He would never tell his future father–in–law that he was a fake boyfriend of Christine.
Putting down the teacup, David calmly looked at Gilmore with great dignity. This was the bearing of a real business tycoon.
“You’re not really in love with Christine. I know that. I won’t force her to be with Marco. anymore, and you don’t have to cooperate with her.
Gilmore was surprised to hear that. “So David knows everything?” he thought.
But then he understood. David was a business giant, and he had seen all kinds of people. It was not surprising that he could see through Christine’s trick.
However, although David had seen through it, Gilmore could not admit it.
It was not only because he was trustworthy and had a spirit of the contract, but also because he didn’t want to lose such a beautiful girlfriend and even his future wife.
Therefore, Gilmore resolutely replied, “David, you may have misunderstood. Christine and I are truly in love”
“My daughter gave you this villa, which is worth more than 20 million dollars, and she also gave you a Mercedes Benz that is worth millions. This is the price she asked pretend to be her boyfriend!” David still looked at Gilmore calmly, but his momentum was stronger as if a mountain was pressing down on Gilmore.
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After a pause, he asked Gilmore, “Do you still want to say that you and Christine are really in love?
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David had such a powerful aura, and he pressed on step by step. Moreover, he even stated clearly the truth that Christine used the luxury car and villa as the price for having Gilmore as her fake boyfriend.
Ordinary people would be so scared that they would kneel directly and tell the truth, and then David would completely sweep them away from Christine.
But Gilmore was not an ordinary person.
David’s imposing manner had no effect on Gilmore, who had a vast amount of mana.
Even if David knew that Christine had used the villa as a price for Gilmore to pretend to be her boyfriend, Gilmore would not care.
If he agreed with David who asked him to leave Christine, then he really had to leave.
If he didn’t leave, David wouldn’t be able to control him smoothly, and he would take the initiative to change the situation.
After figuring out the thing, Gilmore was not in a hurry at all. He added tea to David’s teacup and said slowly, “David, you’re right. Christine did give me a villa and a luxury
car
He continued, “However, that’s because Christine saw that my family is too poor, so she wants me to live a good life.”
David smiled and said, “Do you think I’ll believe you?
Gilmore said, “Okay, even if what you said is right, Christine gave me a villa and a luxury car, and I cooperated with her to act in front of you. But now things have changed. From now on, I am serious about this relationship. I really like her. We will become real lovers:
David frowned and stared at Gilmore like a tiger staring at its prey. “Do you mean that you and Christine were fake lovers in the past, but lovers?”
now you are going to become real
Gilmore picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, “That’s right. From now on, I’m going to truly date your daughter.
David glared at him, and his anger was instantly ignited. “Impudent!”
He slammed his broad palm on the table with a bang!
In an instant, the tea set was overturned and smashed to pieces on the ground. Everything was in a mess.
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At the same time, Gerald and a dozen bodyguards rushed into the villa w heard the comination
Then, they surprisedly saw David glaring at Gilmore with anger written all and gloomy eyes. The teacup on the ground was broken into pieces and look
This was the first time that Gerald and the other bodyguards had seen their ch this angry.
They were all guessing how
Gilmore had angered their boss.
However, though David shouted angrily, pounded the table angrily, smashed the into pieces, and Gerald and other bodyguards rushed in quickly, Gilmore kept call the time.
He sipped the tea in his hand, completely unaffected.
you wanted to soli
“David, why are you so angry? Didn’t you come to find me because y the problem peacefully?” Gilmore looked at David in confusion.
David felt as if he had just woken up from a dream. Only then did he realize
We anger.
that he wa
As a business tycoon, David had seen all kinds of situations, but no matter whar happened, it was difficult to make him angry.
However, Gilmore disrupted his rhythm, causing him to be:
It could be said that Gilmore had completely controlled his emotions,
When others were able to control your emotions, you would definitely be toyed with by others.
Therefore, as
He was
a business tycoon, David knew that getting angry was a taboo.
Gillmoreparably horrified in his heart. He had actually been angered in front of
He thought, “This man is simply terrifying to the extreme!”
The anger on his face gradually receded as he quickly regained his calm. He took out a checkbook and fountain pen from his pocket.
Then, he scribbled something on the checkbook.
After that, David tore off a check, put it in front of Gilmore, and said, “The villa and luxury car thas Christine gave you are yours now. This is another amount of money, From now on, you have nothing to do with my daughter
Then David put the checkbook into his suit pocket and got up to leave,
However, Gilmore, who was sitting on the sofa, shouted, “David, wait a minute.
David did not turn around. He turned his back to Gilmore and said, “What’s the matte Didn’t I give you enough?
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Gilmore looked at the number written on the check. David had given him 20 million dollars.
It was quite a big amount of money.
However, Gilmore knew that for David, a business giant, 20 million dollars was just a drop in the bucket.
If it was in the past, the 20 million dollars would have been a distant dream that Gilmore would never achieve.
However, now that he had supernatural powers, he could make 20 million dollars simply by buying a lottery ticket.
Therefore he didn’t care too much about the 20 million dollars.
“David, you want to buy me off with 20 million dollars to make me stay away from Christine. How about me using this amount of money to earn you 200 million dollars back in two days? In exchange, I should be allowed to date Christine,” said Gilmore, looking at David’s back.
Hearing Gilmore’s words.
Gerald and the other bodyguards all gasped in astonishment.
“Earning 200 million dollars with 20 million dollars in two days? How is this possible?” They wondered.
They all believed that Gilmore was out of his mind!
David couldn’t believe his ears.
He turned around and said with his gaze as sharp as a blade falling on Gilmore, “You sure you’re not spouting nonsense?”
It wasn’t entirely impossible for him to earn 200 million dollars with 20 million dollars in two days. He could buy stocks. If he got lucky, 200 million dollars can be earned without breaking a sweat.
However, Gilmore isn’t Warren Buffett. He wouldn’t know which stocks would go up or go down.
Therefore, buying stocks wouldn’t guarantee him a gain of 200 million dollars. Instead, in the worst-case scenario, he might lose all the money.
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If Gilmore had a big company like Evergreen Group, with a huge volume of
transactions conducted every day, earning 200 million dollars in two days wouldn’t be a big problem
Unfortunately, Gilmore didn’t have the talent that equaled Warren Buffett, nor did he have a large company like the Evergreen Group. Earning 200 million dollars in two days was undoubtedly a fantasy.
Gilmore wasn’t surprised by David’s disbelief. He said with a smile, “Rest assured, David, I didn’t get drunk, nor did I talk nonsense.
Til take the 20 million dollars check only if you make this bet with me.
If you won’t, I’m afraid that I couldn’t take your money either. 20 million dollars. couldn’t buy my pride”
Although David appeared composed, he was still shocked inside.
on dollars couldn’t buy his pride! He does have the backbone. However, only pride rather than a sober view of himself, he may land himself in trouble for his isplaced confidence
Thinking of this, David agreed right off the bat. “All right, I’ll make this bet. If you fail to
ar back 200 million dollars in two days, you must cut off all your contact with
“Also, don’t try and borrow money from Christine or someone else. I wouldn’t be fooled by these cheap tricks”
He gave Gillmore the heads-up to make sure that Christine wouldn’t help him win this bec
Wis a nonchalant smile, Gilmore said, “Sure, I certainly know that. I promise I won’t play these dirty tricks”
David said with a nod. “Well, it’s settled then. If you do make 200 million dollars in two days, come to my house and show me. And I will tell everyone at Christine’s birthday panty that you are her boyfriend”
Although David promised to introduce Gilmore to people as Christine’s boyfriend if Gilmore won
However, in David’s opinion, the chances of that happening were vanishingly small. Even be komself couldn’t succeed without relying on his company’s resources and
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“Even if you lose your bet, you don’t need to return the money back. But I’ll have to ask you to leave Christine.”
“Okay, deal!” said Gilmore.
“I’ll see you in two days.” After finishing his words, David walked out of the living room with a dozen bodyguards closely following him.
Soon, they heard the rumble of cars from the outside. And David left.
Gilmore and Gerald were left in the living room.
Gerald didn’t leave with David as he was sent by Christine to protect Gilmore 24/7.
“Make 200 million dollars in two days. It’s impossible! Why did you do that?” asked Gerald, failing to stifle his urge for an answer.
After spending several days together, Gerald and Gilmore were becoming friends.
He couldn’t help worrying about Gilmore’s situation.
In contrast, Gilmore seemed to be totally unfazed. Putting on a mysterious smile, he said, “Well, how will you know until you try? One will never find out how it turns out until the very last minute.”
Then Gilmore walked upstairs. “I’m going to take a rest. Remember to close the door.” “Sure” Gerald nodded.
Staring a
Gilmore’s back, Gerald started to ponder over Gilmore’s words.
“One will never find out how it turns out until the very last minute.”
As a member of the ace special forces, Gerald had a deeper understanding of these words.
When facing life-and-death moments he had persisted to the last
given up.
second and never
He started to think. “Probably Gilmore can really earn 200 million dollars back in two days.
He was actually excited for a miracle to happen…
In the bedroom, Gilmore didn’t sleep. Instead, he looked at the market index on his computer.
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With all the listed companies’ stock indexes displayed on the screen, he soon had a general idea of these statistics from today’s trading volumes, stock prices to stock price changes.
Gilmore wanted to rake in 200 million dollars in two days by investing in the stock market.
Investing in the stock market was a risky move, but the returns could be high. He might carn more money than he did from other kinds of investments.
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This was the only possible way for Gilmore to win the bet.
Scanning through the countless company names on the screen, he couldn’t predict which company’s stock price would soar and which company’s stock price would fall
tomorrow.
But he had the God’s Eyes.
Once he activated his God’s Eye, he would know which stock would rise or fall.
Then his pupils constricted into slits. With his mind concentrated, he murmured, “God’s Eye, please track down the stock with the highest stock price increase.”
Suddenly, the stock indexes before him began to move.
Transaction data, stock price changes, and K diagram started to change immediately.
Gilmore was clear that the stock market was closed at night. However, The stock indexes on the computer were currently,in a state of change.
Apparently, Gilmore was watching the stock market tier of the following two days, rather than today’s.
Soon, a stock with the highest share price uptick appeared on the screen. It was Realm Group. The stock code was **** and the price was 6.4 dollars per share.
Gilmore didn’t expect that in the next two days, the stock price increase of Realm. Group from the Chapman family turned out to be the highest.
In real life, he and Marco were rivals in love. Now they were still fighting in the stock
market.
Things were getting more and more interesting.
After a while, the screen changed back to its original state.
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After checking today’s stock of Realm Group, which was 0.8 dollars per share, he found that it was 10 percent lower than yesterday.
And through his God’s Eye, Gilmore had just known that in two days, Realm Group’s stock would jump to 6.4 dollars per share, with a rise of 800%.
Gilmore felt that he was about to be flooded with money.
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The new day, Gilmore went to the bank and transferred the 20 million dollars to lis newly opened account
Then he went to the Oakhaven branch of the Pacifica Securities Company and opened an international stock account.
After returning to the villa, Gilmore turned on the computer and found that the international stock market had already opened. Then, he spent 40 million dollars buying 50 million shares from the Realm Group.
Some may ask, “Didn’t David have only given Gilmore 20 million dollars?”
“Where did these 40 million dollars come from?”
In fact, another 20 million dollars were from the Powerball lottery.
If Realm Group’s stock was going to surge by 800% within the next two days, he had no reason to let this opportunity pass!
Therefore, he put the rest of 20 million dollars into the stock market to pocket more money.
After giving the promised 200 million dollars to David, he could keep the rest of the profits for himself.
Not long after Gilmore bought the stocks, Realm Group’s stock price began to rocket.
The stock price climbed at such a high speed that it was almost like the end of the world.
Gilmore knew that his God’s Eye once again helped him accurately predict a surge of Realm Group’s stock.
He tore his eyes away from the stock market and went to Oakhaven University to attend his class.
Gerald left with him. Rather than ride Gilmore’s Mercedes, he drove his own car, a Warrior Jeep.
At the same time, in the luxuriously furnished living room of the Foster family.
David was sitting on the sofa reading a newspaper, and Jessica sitting next to him was sipping her coffee.
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After dimming through the important news Davie laid down the newspaper
Tweet to are him last night and made everything clear, but.. He was about to tell his wife about the bet
However, he was interrupted by a peal of laughter from outside the villa. “David, Jessica, how are you two doing today?”
David looked up and saw two people walking inside. He rose to greet them, smiling. “Roger, I didn’t expect you two to visit.”
These two unbidden guests were Roger and Rosaline.
Roger wore a suit with a large beer belly sticking out. Rosaline wore a dazzling pearl necklace with long curly hair tumbling over her shoulders and a delicate designer bag
in her hand.
Jessica warmly greeted them. After being ushered to the seats, they were immediately served with two cups of coffee.
After taking several sips of coffee and exchanging pleasantries, they went straight to the point.
Rosaline looked into Jessica’s eyes and said, “Jessica, Marco told me yesterday that Christine deliberately gave the last invitation to Gilmore in the course where he played golf.
“It’s like telling him that she had no interest in him.”
Jessica smiled and said, “Rosaline, I think you have read too much into this. Gilmore isn’t Christine’s boyfriend.”
“What? Gilmore is not her boyfriend? Then why is Christine…” Rosaline was confused.
Jessica explained that Christine pretended to date Gilmore so that she could get rid of Marco.
However, Rosaline and her husband Roger were far from reassured.
Rosaline said, “Although Gilmore is not her real boyfriend, it doesn’t change the fact that she doesn’t like Marco.
Jessica said, “It’s true that Christine doesn’t like Marco now, but as long as we don’t push
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her too hard and she will fall for him one day
Rosaline looked at Jessica thoughtfully. “What if Christine falls in love with Gilmore?”
“I went to Gilmore last night. He is quite difficult. He isn’t willing to leave Christine.” David chipped in.
With worry clouding her face, Rosaline sighed. “Christine never liked Marco. If Christine keeps surrounding herself with Gilmore, she is very likely to fall in love with him one day.
“Absolutely not.” David said with absolute certainty
The rest of the people turned their heads to him, wondering why he was so certain.
David continued. “Because he made a bet with me.”
Then, David told them about the bet he made with Gilmore.
Moreover, who wins the bet would determine whether Gilmore could be Christine’s boyfriend.
David smiled. “Even if I promised that he could date Christine if he won, it’s impossible for him to earn 200 million dollars in two days.”
“But what if Christine secretly assists him?” Roger said, worried.
David laughed and told them that he made it clear that Gilmore was not allowed to borrow money from Christine.
Otherwise, even if he got the money, it wouldn’t be counted as a win and he would have to leave Christine.
Hearing this, the rest of them all heaved sighs of relief.
They are convinced that if Gilmore couldn’t borrow money from Christine, he would never turn 20 million dollars into 200 million dollars.
Feeling a weight lifted off their shoulders, Roger and Rosaline left the Fosters‘ manor with satisfying smiles.
As the day wore on and the night fell.
Gilmore opened her computer and logged into an international stock market website. He found that the stock of the Realm Group soared by 400% within a day, from 0.8
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dollars per share to 3.2 dollars per share.
And his 40 million dollars turned into 160 million dollars with a net profit of 120 million dollars.
Everything went as Gilmore predicted!
His God’s eye told him that, at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon, the stock would reach its highest point, and he had to sell all his stocks before that.
Because in the following days, the stock of the Realm Group would drop by 1000% within two days!
It seems like Realm Group was attacked by an international consortium. Tens of billions of dollars would evaporate in two days, and the Realm Group would face an
unprecedented crisis.
However, Gilmore was not interested in the future of Realm Group.
Neither was he interested in warning them, because the Chapmans were, to some extent, his potential enemies.
He only cared about selling all the shares at 2 p.m. tomorrow and winning the bet.
Gilmore stood up from his chair, stretching. Then he walked into the bathroom to take a hot shower before sleep.
At the same time, Roger stared intensely at the international stock indexes and the stock index of the Realm Group from his laptop in a study at the Chapmans‘ Residence.
After a while, he leaned back on his large chair and wore a solemn face, signing, “It doesn’t bode well!”
Standing beside him, Marco asked, “Dad, does some big consortium try to bet against the Realm Group?”
Roger nodded. “The stock rose by 400% today. Some people are trying to scheme against us!”
“Dad, why don’t we snatch the food from a wolf’s mouth?” Marco’s eyes glinted with animal–like cruelty.
Roger raised his eyes and asked. “Snatch food from a wolf’s mouth?”
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Roger wanted to know what his son would do
An unknown consortium shorted the stocks of the Realm Group this time. And the rising share price would bring them disaster.
It would also cause irreparable damage to the Realm Group.
Marco nodded and said, “Yes, I’m gonna take a risk. We have to seize the opportunity. If we can sell the stocks at the highest price, we will win a landslide victory.”
As the chairman of the Realm Group, Roger understood his son’s strategy as soon as he heard it.
“You mean that we can also make large purchases of our company’s stocks tomorrow. When the share price rises to the peak, we sell our shares before our enemies and make them lose their shirts in the deal.”
Marco said, “Yes, as long as they fail to bet against the Realm Group, we will have a chance to survive the crisis. If so, even if our shares fall sharply, we still have a large amount of capital to buy up the company’s shares at a low price, and then we will be able to have the price of shares raise and maintain the stability of it.”
“Well, it seems that we have an inevitable battle with our enemies. However, the question is that we need a huge amount of cash to make a large purchase of our company’s stock at such a high price.” Roger said with a serious expression.
“Dad, why not use the one–odd billion dollars stored up to invest in stocks?” Marco resolutely suggested.
Roger said with a frown, “The reserve fund is prepared for the crises. If we invest it in the stock market, no one can be sure of the consequence when our company is in a critical situation.”
“Dad, if we don’t take any action to deal with the short–sellers, our ends will be near. It will be hard for us to seek international financing support and even has an impact on our company’s management in the future.” Marco tried his best to persuade him.
Roger finally decided to adopt his son’s suggestion after much deliberation.
After all, if their company’s stock was shorted, the consequences might be catastrophic. He would rather brave it than always be the prey.
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“Okay. I will give the reserve fund to you and let you invest in the stock market personally.” Roger had made up his mind.
Marco assured his father with confidence, “Dad, don’t worry! Those short–sellers will pay for what they’ve done!”
Roger nodded. “Well, I have faith in you.”
The reason why he dared to give the reserve fund to his son and let him take the gamble
was because he knew that his son was a person who would quickly take action once he grasped an opportunity. His son won’t give up until his enemy was destroyed.
Furthermore, Marco had extensive experience in investing in equities, and he had earned a lot of profits every time.
Therefore, Roger had great confidence in his son.
Gilmore slept all night until ten o’clock in the morning. He didn’t go to school because today was crucial to the bet between David and him.
He was waiting to sell all the stocks of the Realm Group he owned at 2:00 p.m., the most critical moment.
Rubbing his eyes sleepily, Gilmore walked into the bathroom to wash up…
At the same time, in an office in the Realm Group headquarters building, more than a dozen traders were expertly and quickly typing on the keyboard. The tapping sound echoed in the whole office.
There was a tense, nervous atmosphere hanging over the office with the battle approaching.
Marco, who was in a business suit, was like a grim president and sat behind a broad desk. He looked like a commander who ruled his army on the front line.
“Mr. Chapman, we have spent all the reserves buying our company’s shares!”
“Mr. Chapman, the share price has risen by 50% in the past hour!”
“Mr. Chapman…”
The staff in the office kept reporting the latest news to Marco. Moment after moment passed:
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Meanwhile, the staff reported that the share price was continuously rising.
“Mr. Chapman, our share price has risen by 100% at the moment!”
“Mr. Chapman, it increased by 200%!”
“Mr. Chapman, it increased by 300%!*
Finally, it was two o’clock in the afternoon.
“Mr. Chapman, the share price has risen by 400%!”
“Mr. Chapman, should we sell the shares now?”
Marco stood up from the big heavy chair and began pacing in the office with a solemn expression on his face.
It was a hard choice for him to sell the shares at this time.
The share price of the Realm Group had risen by 400% today, plus the increase yesterday, it had risen by 800% in total.
But no one knew if it was at its highest price.
If he sold the shares too early, he wouldn’t be able to beat the consortium behind it.
But if Marco sold the shares too late, he would also suffer huge losses.
Marco stared at the computer screen which showed that the share index of the Realm Group was still rising.
He gave an order with a ferocious stare in his eyes, “I won’t sell the shares until the price increases by 900%!”
“Yes, Mr. Chapman!” All the traders said.
However, just as Marco and the consortium were probing mutually and waiting for an opportunity to give a fatal blow to each other, someone sold 50 million shares of the Realm Group in the dealing suddenly.
“Mr. Chapman, someone sold 50 million shares, and the transaction amount is 320 million dollars!”
“Mr. Chapman, the share price has fallen by 0.5%!”
“Mr. Chapman, another 10 million shares were sold…”
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Marco made a prompt decision and immediately ordered after hearing this, “Sell all th
shares!”
Meanwhile, the staff saw on the computer screen that a large number of shares of the Realm Group had been sold. The price had dropped 0.5%, and then quickly dropped 10%, 20%, 30%, 100%…
It was the 50 million shares sold at first that caused the Realm Group to shudder. It brought destruction to the Realm Group.
That’s right, the 50 million shares that caused huge volatility to the Realm Group were the shares that Gilmore had sold.
Looking at the amount, 320 million dollars, in his account, Gilmore smiled with satisfaction.
In addition to the cost of 40 million dollars, his debut in the stock market made him earn 280 million dollars.
That’s great!
Looking at the screen of the computer which showed that the share price of the Realm Group had fallen by about 200% and still kept falling…
Gilmore rejoiced in his decisive choice and thought, “Fortunately I sold the shares early, otherwise, I would suffer a heavy loss.”
In the office of the Realm Group, Marco suddenly fell heavily on a big chair, as if he had been drained.
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His face was pallid and his eyes looked dull, almost vacuous as if he had lost his mind.
“Mr. Chapman, the share price has fallen by more than 300%!”
“Mr. Chapman, we still have 800 million dollars worth of shares that couldn’t be sold. We are unable to make the deal.
“Mr. Chapman…”
Hearing the bad news that was continually reported by the staff, Marco tightly gripped the armrests with a frown.
“I’m screwing it up.” He thought.
He met his Waterloo this time!
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“Dad, I’m sorry, I failed…” Marco bowed deeply and said bitterly as he stood in front of Roger’s desk.
Roger’s expression changed. He looked at Marco, and didn’t react after quite a while. Finally, he managed to calm himself down and said, “Marco, losing tens of millions of dollars is not a big deal…”
However, Marco who was bowing did not raise his head, nor did he answer.
It gave Roger a bad feeling.
Roger couldn’t help wondering, “Could it be that he has lost more than a few ten million dollars?”
“Did you lose 200 million dollars?” Roger continued asking.
However, Marco still didn’t raise his head or say anything.
Roger asked again, “400 million dollars?”
“I bought in at the price of 3.2 dollars for each stock. Now it has dropped to 0.8 dollars for each stock, and the stock price is still dropping…” Finally, Marco spoke.
Roger felt as if his heart had been blocked by something. He opened his mouth and said, “Just tell me, how much… did you lose?”
Marco gritted his teeth and said, “According to the account, we have already lost 800 million dollars. No one took over the shares we sold out so the stock price is still falling…”
“That is to say, the 1.1 billion dollars were all trapped, and we’ll end up losing everything, right?” Roger was on the verge of shouting.
He screamed inside, “It is 1.1 billion dollars! And it is the company’s reserve capital. How could this large amount of money be trapped and lost just like that!”
Roger felt like his heart was bleeding.
“Dad, I’m sorry…” Marco said apologetically.
Roger furrowed his brows as he looked at his only son, suppressing the anger in his heart. Then he waved his hand and said, “You may leave now!”
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Marco responded and turned to leave the office stiffly.
After Marco left, Roger felt a minor discomfort in his heart.
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He quickly took out a bottle of medicine from the drawer, picked a few pills, and took them with warm water.
Only then did the discomfort in his heart disappear. Then, he picked up the phone on the table and began to call several executives of the company.
Now the company had no reserve funds. Although it would not immediately cause a crisis for the company, once there occurred a problem with the company’s capital, there would be no reserve funds to remedy it.
Therefore, Roger called the company’s executives to strengthen the company’s operation and capital safety. He had to make sure that nothing would go wrong.
Otherwise, the future of Realm Group would be unimaginable.
Roger emphasized all the problems they needed to be on guard against to the executives, and only then did he relieve.
As the head of Realm Group, which was a giant enterprise, Roger knew that he couldn’t get anxious only when the crisis appeared. He had to get the enterprise fully prepared in case of an emergency at any time.
He looked at the sky through the floor-to-ceiling glass in the office and thought to himself, “I hope the company can get through this difficulty peacefully.”
“Ring, ring…” At that moment, Roger’s phone which was on the desk rang.
Roger picked up his phone and found that it was from David.
He unconsciously remembered that today was the last day of the bet between David and Gilmore.
Roger wondered, “Could it be that the result of the bet has come out?”
He picked up the phone and said, “David, is there anything important you need to tell me through the phone?”
David’s laughter came from the phone. “Haha, Gilmore just called me and said that he would come to my house in an hour. He also said that in order to make Marco give up on Christine, he wanted your family to bear witness.”
Roger laughed, “Okay! We’d love to see how this mysterious person is going to win the
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“Then, bro, I’ll see you soon.”
“See you later.”
After hanging up the phone, Roger’s eyes darkened. He thought, “Gilmore is really arrogant! He wants my son to give up on Christine? I’d like to see how he can manage to make 200 million dollars from 20 million dollars in two days.”
Roger called Rosaline and Marco and told them that they were going to the Fosters’
manor.
A few minutes later, Roger, Rosaline, and Marco, left the headquarters of Realm Group in an extended Rolls-Royce, protected by two bodyguards.
In the Fosters’ villa.
Moment after moment passed.
Roger and his family had been in the Fosters villa for nearly an hour, and the maids had refilled coffee for them several times.
However, Gilmore, who had said that he would arrive in an hour, had yet to appear.
Even David and Jessica felt very strange about that.
Finally, Roger opened his mouth and said, “It looks like we don’t have to wait anymore. Gilmore won’t come.”
David and Jessica looked at each other. They also thought that Gilmore would not
come.
It had been an hour. If Gilmore had intended to come, he would have arrived already.
However, Gilmore didn’t show up. It was clear to them that Gilmore hadn’t completed the bet.
He didn’t turn 20 million dollars into 200 million dollars in two days.
“Roger, I’m really sorry that I asked you to come. I didn’t expect that we would be teased” David felt sorry and said to Roger.
Roger laughed. “Hahaha, that just proves that Gilmore is not only arrogant but also not trustworthy at all. How could such a person be worthy of Christine?”
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David nodded in agreement.
At first, when he saw Gilmore that night, he felt that Gilmore was a little different other young people.
However, it seemed that Gilmore was a disappointment.
“The fact that he does not dare to show himself shows that he still knows his limits Otherwise, when he is unable to take out 200 million dollars, it will only bring hin endless humiliation.” Rosaline sneered and ridiculed.
Then she picked up her handbag and said to Roger and Marco, “Let’s go home! It s that Gilmore is a coward. He won’t come back here.”
Sitting on the sofa, Marco’s mood was extremely downcast because he had suffered huge loss in the stock market today.
However, the fact that Gilmore did not have the courage to show up in the end was equal to taking the initiative to quit pursuing Christine.
This put Marco in a much better mood.
Marco and Roger got up from the sofa and were about to leave.
However, at this moment, a lazy voice came. “I’m just a little late. Who called me a coward?”
David, Jessica, Roger, Rosaline, and Marco looked toward the source of the voice and saw a figure walking into the mansion.
The person who had walked in was Gilmore.
David, Roger, and the others were all surprised.
They were all shocked by the fact that Gilmore had come.
David looked displeased and said to Gilmore, “Why are you so late? We’ve been waitin for you for a long time.”
“Sorry to have kept you waiting, David. There was a traffic jam on the way here so I come late,” said Gilmore.
The displeasure on David’s face eased as he said, “Now that you are here, can you tell us whether you’ve completed the bet or not?”
“Fortunately, I did not fail to live up to your expectations. I have completed the bet.” A
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smile appeared on Gilmore’s face as he spoke in a nonchalant manner.
Roger and Rosaline’s expressions unconsciously changed.
Although Marco looked indifferent on the surface, he was actually shocked too. He couldn’t help wondering. “Did he really make it? Did he earn 200 million dollars with 20 million dollars in two days
David and Jessica were also stunned.
After coming to his senses, David asked, “Where are the 200 million dollars?”
Gilmore then took out a bank card from his pocket, put it on the table in front of David, and said, ‘Here’s the money!
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David picked up the bank card on the table and said to Gilmore, “Would you mind my checking the funds and source of this card?”
Gilmore sat down on the sofa and said, “No problem.”
David nodded, then made a phone call.
Roger’s family also sat back on the sofa. They also wondered if the bank card that Gilmore brought really had 200 million dollars.
David said on the phone, “Mr. Bates, check the funding and source information of a bank account for me.”
A middle–aged man on the phone said politely, “Mr. Foster, which account would you like to check?”
David immediately told the bank account number to Joseph on the phone.
In order to avoid errors, David read the bank account twice.
“Mr. Foster, we could find the money in the account soon, but it will take about ten minutes to check the source”
“Okay, check the amount in the account and send the source to my WhatsApp.
“Okay, Mr. Foster.”
“I’ll hang up then.”
After that, David hung up the phone.
Gilmore wasn’t surprised that David could find the money and the source of the account at all.
With the great strength of Evergreen Group, they must have connections in the financial system of Oakhaven.
It just needs a phone call to check the account funds and sources.
That was why when David and Gilmore made the bet, he reminded Gilmore not to play tricks because he could never fool him.
As long as Gilmore’s money came from Christine, David would know immediately.
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Ding–dong.
At this moment, David’s WhatsApp received a message.
Jessica and the Chapmans sitting on the sofa immediately look at David’s mobile phone.
Only Gilmore sat on the sofa, unmoved and calm.
David clicked on WhatsApp.
The WhatsApp message was sent by Joseph, who had just talked to him.
[Mr. Foster, I have found that the account ending in XXXX has 200 million dollars.]
And Joseph also sent him a screenshot of the account.
From the screenshot, it could be clearly seen that the account amount was 200 million dollars and the account holder was Gilmore.
After seeing 200 million dollars in the account, although David was calm, his expression changed.
When Jessica saw the message on WhatsApp, she was shocked and speechless as well.
“David, how much money does the bank account have?” Roger on the sofa couldn’t help asking David.
David didn’t answer him directly, but handed the phone to Roger and said, “Roger, take a look at it yourself!”
Roger had a bad feeling.
He took the phone and saw the message and screenshot from Joseph on WhatsApp.
At the same time, Rosaline and Marco next to Roger, also saw it.
Their expressions changed drastically!
They couldn’t believe it.
However, after checking it many times, they found that it was indeed 200 million dollars.
To them, this was just a bolt from the blue!
Rosaline was emotionally overwhelmed and had difficulty accepting this, and shouted,
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“Impossible. It’s impossible for him to earn 200 million dollars in two days!”
Roger handed the phone back to David and said, “A young man without any background or strength can never earn so much money in two days. There must be something wrong with the money.”
Gilmore had long expected that Roger and his wife would question and slander him.
He smiled and said, “Mr. Chapman, don’t worry. There is nothing wrong with my money at all.
If there is something wrong with my money, I’m afraid that your family is also involved.”
Hearing this, Roger laughed and said, “How could this have anything to do with my family? Did I give you this money?”
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Obviously, Roger was mocking Gilmore, but Gilmore wasn’t angry. Instead, he nodded seriously and said, “Yes, this money comes from your family. Well, to be exact, it comes from the shares of your family’s Realm Group.
“If there is something wrong with my money, since it comes from the shares of your family, does this mean that it has something to do with you?”
Roger frowned and said, “You bought shares of Realm Group?”
Gilmore smiled and said, “That’s right. Mr. Chapman, your stock has skyrocketed in the past few days. Didn’t you take the opportunity to buy some and make a fortune?”
Roger suddenly remembered the more than one billion reserve funds of the company that Marco lost today, and his expression became angry.
Marco even clenched his fists because the scar was uncovered by Gilmore.
While David was surprised to hear that Gilmore invested in the shares of the Chapman family’s company and earned 200 million dollars.
Although he had once thought that Gilmore would earn 200 million dollars through investing in the stock market…
However, considering the unpredictable risk of the stock market and that he had only two days, it was impossible to earn 200 million dollars.
Unless Gilmore knew that the stock price would skyrocket in the next two days and he could earn 200 million dollars from it.
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However, how could Gilmore know which stock would skyrocket?
Just as David was surprised, his phone rang.
Then, Roger’s family and Jessica immediately looked at David’s mobile phone again.
David knew that the message must be from Joseph. He also wanted to know where Gilmore got 200 million dollars from.
So, he opened WhatsApp.
After reading the message, David and Jessica were stunned again.
Roger and his wife were really anxious to know the contents of the message.
David handed the phone to Roger again.
After Roger took the phone, he checked the information anxiously.
His wife, Rosaline, and Marco also fixed their eyes on Roger’s WhatsApp message.
[Account number: 5643865XXXX. Account balance: 200 million dollars.]
[Source of funds: stock trading.]
[Yesterday (August 5th), bought 50 million shares of Realm Group from the international stock market, with a total share capital of 40 million dollars.]
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[At 2 p.m., sold out 50 million shares, from which earned a total of 320 million dollars.]
[Two hundred million dollars were transferred to this account.]
The source of funds was legal and compliant.
This was the message that Mr. Bates sent to David.
This was why David showed the phone to them instead of explaining.
Because he didn’t know how to explain to them.
From the information, Roger found out that Gilmore really made 200 million dollars by buying his own company’s shares.
He felt sudden heartache.
At the same time, Marco saw in the message that Gilmore sold 50 million shares at 2 p.m., which made him bridle up.
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At two o’clock in the afternoon, it was precisely because someone sold out 50 million shares that Realm Group’s stock fluctuated and began to plummet.
He didn’t expect that the manipulator behind the collapse of Realm Group’s stock and the loss of more than one billion company funds was Gilmore.
He looked at Gilmore with cold and sharp eyes, and said angrily, “You are the first person who sold 50 million shares this afternoon, causing our company’s stock price to plummet?”
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Gilmore pretended to be surprised. He looked at Marco and said, “Mr. Chapman, hasn’t the stock price of Realm Group been rising like crazy? Is it plummeting now?”
Marco looked embarrassed and he thought to himself, “This is all because of you, brat?”
“If you hadn’t been the first to sell 50 million shares, how could the stock price of Realm Group have fallen so much?” He thought.
How could he suffer such a heavy loss?
But now Gilmore was pretending not to know anything
Marco really wanted to beat him.
But here is the Fosters‘ manor, and he could only suppress the rage deep down and ignore Gilmore.
However, Gilmore made him so miserable, he would never let it go so easily.
Roger learned from his son that today’s plummet in Realm Group’s stock is caused by Gilmore.
“I didn’t expect the stock price of Realm Group to fall because of you, such a young man. I really admire you.” Roger gritted his teeth as he spoke.
“I’m flattered.” Gilmore took his anger as praise and thanked him with a smile.
Roger was even angrier.
He must have done it on purpose!
Gilmore pretended not to see Roger’s ugly face, he looked at David, and said, “David, I have already earned 200 million dollars with 20 million dollars back in two days according to the bet. You will do what you promised me, right?
David and his wife Jessica looked at each other. He looked embarrassed and couldn’t speak anything.
He didn’t know whether to agree or not.
If he promised Gilmore and Christine to be together, how should he explain to the Chapmans?
But he couldn’t help but agree, because he made a bet with Gilmore that as long as
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Gilmore won the bet, he would let him be with Christine.
After hesitating for a while, David finally made a decision.
As the chairman of Evergreen Group, he was an icon of the commercial world with a net worth of billions. How could he break his promise?
One could not succeed without credit.
The success of Evergreen Group also depended on credit.
This was the gilded signboard of the giant company, Evergreen Group.
It was also David’s gilded signboard.
Therefore, David looked at Roger and Rosaline and apologized, “Roger, Rosaline, I’m sorry!”
Hearing this, Roger and his wife knew that David would choose to fulfill his promise and agree to let Gilmore and Christine be together.
Roger put David’s mobile phone heavily in his hand and said, “David, I didn’t expect that our friendship of more than 20 years would be less important than this guy.
“He just made 200 million dollars from Realm Group’s shares by luck. If you entrust your daughter to him, you will regret it!
After that, Roger said to his wife and son, “Let’s go!”
“Roger, I also want our two families to become relatives by marriage, but since I promised him and he won the bet, I couldn’t break my promise. Otherwise, how could I win people’s trust in the business world in the future?” David looked at Roger and said seriously.
Roger stopped without saying anything. As a business tycoon, of course he also knew what failing to keep faith meant.
That would ruin your reputation in the business world and make your peers avoid you!
Roger left with a gloomy face.
Rosaline and Marco also left unhappy.
“David, because of me, you had conflicts with the Chapmans. I am very sorry about that.” Gilmore looked at David and apologized.
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Although he didn’t like the Chapmans, they were business partners of the Fosters after all.
David shook his head and said, “It doesn’t matter. Although the Fosters and the Chapmans can’t combine by marriage, we can still be business partners.”
Gilmore replied, “David, you kept your words, which makes me admire you. Please don’t worry. With me by Christine’s side, I am sure that she will be perfectly safe.”
This was what Gilmore thought.
David kept his promise and didn’t break it because Gilmore wasn’t the best candidate, nor because of the relationship between the Fosters and the Chapmans.
This made him admire David very much.
“Gilmore, I underestimated your talent in business before. I believe that you will have even greater achievements in the future. I’m very relieved that Christine is with you. Please come to Christine’s birthday party tomorrow.
David smiled appreciatively and reached out his hand to Gilmore.
His words also came from admiration for Gilmore from the bottom of his heart. After all, he earned 200 million dollars with 20 million dollars in two days from the rapidly changing stock market.
In his opinion, Gilmore’s talent for business was unquestionable!
It stood to reason that David, a business jycoon, appreciated such a business genius.
It was just that he didn’t know that Gilmore’s ability to make 200 million dollars from the high–risk stock market had nothing to do with business talent, but relying on the power of God’s Eye.
Gilmore smiled and shook hands with David, “David, don’t worry. I will come on time tomorrow to attend Christine’s birthday party.
Then he bowed slightly to David and Jessica and said, “Mr. Foster, Mrs. Foster, I’ll leave first.”
David and his wife nodded.
After Gilmore left the villa, Jessica looked at her husband with a complicated expression and said, “David, do you really want him to be our future son–in–law?”
David nodded solemnly, “Jessica, I lost the bet with him, so I have to keep my promise.”
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Jessica frowned. Although this was true, she did mind letting her daughter be with this humble Gilmore…
When David saw his wife’s unhappy face, he got what she was thinking about.
He continued with a smile, “Of course, keeping my promise is only one of the reasons.
“Actually, the reason why I agreed to let Gilmore and Christine be together is that I attach more importance to his enormous talent and limitless potential in business.”
Just because he invested in stocks and earned 200 million dollars?” Jessica disagreed and said, “Maybe as Roger said, he just earned the money by luck.”
David said with a smile, “Maybe there is luck, but have you noticed that Marco said that the stock price of Realm Group fell because Gilmore sold his shares?
“If Gilmore was lucky to choose the shares of Realm Group, did he sell the shares before the stock price of Realm Group fell sharply because of good luck?
“And the displeased expressions of Roger and Marco indicate that they must have invested a huge amount of money to buy stocks, and they didn’t sell them before the stock price plummeted. Roger has been in the commercial circles for many years, and Marco is known as a stock market genius, but they both failed to seize the critical moment to sell stocks at high price, so they suffered heavy losses.
“Do you still think Gilmore relied on his luck? Gilmore’s choice and timing of buying and selling are unbelievably accurate. His talent in business is far beyond that of the Chapmans.”
After listening to her husband’s analysis, Jessica fell silent. Did Gilmore really have amazing talent?
Noticing that his wife began to understand, David said something most important, “How could I not recruit a talent with such high business flair to Evergreen Group? In this way, he can not only help Evergreen Group to make more money but also become our daughter’s real support.”
Keeping his word and promise was just his excuse.
As a business tycoon, David not only valued credit but also value.
He was very optimistic about Gilmore’s potential value, so he chose him as his daughter’s future support.
After listening to his words, Jessica had no more doubts and nodded unconsciously.
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Night fell.
In the loud music and flashing lights, people danced excitedly in the Heatwave Bar, the largest bar in Oakhaven.
Tiffany sat at the bar. She was wearing heavy makeup and a red dress with a plunging neckline and a high slit, revealing her ample bosom and fair thighs.
She looked fascinating and sexy, totally different from her pure image.
She was drinking red wine. Ever since she was abandoned by Brandon and failed to get back together with Gilmore, she had degenerated.
She came to the bar every night, wearing revealing clothes and heavy makeup. She became self–indulgent, hunting for rich men in the bar.
After drinking two glasses of red wine, Tiffany flushed. Meanwhile, a barmaid came over with a glass of red wine and a blue rose on the tray in her hand.
The barmaid put the tray in front of Tiffany and said with a smile, “Miss Hubbard, these are from the guest at the No. 8 table over there. He’s my boss’s friend.”
She pointed at a booth while speaking.
Tiffany looked over and saw two men and several women sitting on the big sofa.
In the light, Tiffany recognized the two men. One was Darell Weaver, a famous rich student at Oakhaven University. The other one was Marco, the heir of the Chapman family.
Tiffany knew that this bar was owned by Darell’s family, so he should be the barmaid’s boss.
The person who asked the barmaid to give her the wine and the rose was Marco, The barmaid went back to work.
Tiffany panicked when she knew that it was Marco who gave her wine and a rose.
She couldn’t help thinking, “Is Marco charmed by me? Or did he recognize that I’m a student at Oakhaven University?”
No matter what the reason was, Tiffany was excited that Marco sent her a gift. She was secretly proud that she could attract his attention.
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Marco, who was sitting on the No.8 table, raised his glass and looked steg bure. distance as if he wanted to clink glasses with Her.
Tiffany was filled with happiness. She picked up the glass of red wine from Macs w also raised it while facing him.
Marco drained the glass in one gulp, and so did Tiffany. After drinking & fuse of we Tiffany’s eyes were gleaming with joy.
Marco was the heir of a wealthy family. He was cool and good at playing basketball Many girls liked him. Tiffany was also fascinated by him while watching him playing basketball.
Marco was so outstanding and rich that Tiffany knew he was beyond her reach Moreover, she heard that Marco liked Christine.
Yet Tiffany, who once attracted Brandon, had become more ambitious than ever
In the titillating bar, Marco’s gift aroused Tiffany’s uncontrollable ambition. Her big prey tonight was undoubtedly Marco,
On the sofa, Marco looked at Tiffany at the bar counter, asking Darell, Is she Gilmore’s ex–girlfriend?”
Darell’s eyes sparkled as he whispered, “Yes. To be with Brandon, she cheated on Gilmore. Later, Brandon abandoned her. She saw Gilmore driving a luxury car, so the wanted to get back together with him, but she was then humiliated by Gilmore?
Marco had asked Darell to investigate Gmore the past few days.
Darell had always wanted to get in with Marco and been obedient to Marco. Therefore, Darell spent several days tailing Gilmore and saw Tiffany trying to get Gilmore back.
“Good job. I’ll leave first. Ask her to come to my room later.”
A meaningful smile spread over Darell’s face. Are you going to vent your anger tonight?”
Marco’s lips curved as he replied, “Yes. I’m filled with anger, and I need to cool down” Marco was in a bad mood. He came to the bar to have sex.
He asked the barmaid to send wine and a rose to Tiffany just because he wanted to sleep with her. Besides, he wanted her to do something for him at
“Mr. Chapman, trust me. I’ll bring this woman to your room.” Darell gave a greasy smile.
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As Marco got up from the sofa, the several women pouted at him flirtatiously. “Mr. Chapman, don’t go!
“Mr. Chapman, let me accompany you tonight!”
“Mr. Chapman…
However, Marco acted as if he didn’t hear them and left coldly. The few women looked disappointed.
Darell laughed. “Forget it. You can try again next time!” After saying that, he walked towards Tiffany.
Tiffany watched Marco leave, feeling frustrated. She thought, “Why did he leave? Didn’t he give me wine and a rose just now? Could it be that I’m not attractive enough?”
Just as her mind wandered, a person appeared in front of her.
“Tiffany, are you looking at Mr. Chapman and wondering why he left?” the man asked with a smile.
Tiffany realized that it was Darell. Although he guessed right, she denied it. “You’re talking nonsense.”
Darell smiled. “So I guessed wrong. Just now Mr. Chapman asked me to come over and tell you that he wants to drink and chat with you tonight. Since you don’t want to go, forget it.”
Darell pretended to leave. Tiffany hastily stopped him. “Darell, wait a moment. Did you just say that Mr. Chapman wants to drink with me?”
Darell answered, “Yes. It’s too noisy and crowded here, but the luxurious room for Mr. Chapman is different. You can drink and chat with him happily there.”
Hearing this, Tiffany understood what Darell meant. Yet Marco was the heir of a powerful family. She couldn’t let him go.
If she could hook up with Marco, Brandon and Gilmore would be nothing to her.
Thus, Tiffany picked up her handbag from the bar counter and got up with a charming smile. “Let’s go! Mr. Chapman must be waiting for me!”
Darell smiled with delight. “You’re right. Let’s go now.” He took Tiffany away from the noisy bar hall.
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Heatwave Bar was busy at night.
In a luxurious room, Marco and Tiffany were having wild sex after drinking a lot. The atmosphere in the room was erotic.
At the same time, in the study of the Chapmans‘ Residence, Roger closed his eyes, sitting still on a large chair behind a desk.
It seemed that he was meditating, but he wasn’t as calm as he appeared to be. So many terrible things happened today.
At first, Marco lost more than one billion dollars in the stock market. That was their company’s reserve fund. Then Gilmore won the bet. Marco lost his chance to be with Christine.
These two matters were both caused by Gilmore. Therefore, Roger hated Gilmore very much. Roger couldn’t swallow his anger.
Someone walked in quietly. It was an old man wearing simple grey clothes. His hair was grey. His temples bulged, which showed his strong pulse. He had arched eyebrows and bright eagle eyes.
Feeling the man’s aura, Roger instantly opened his eyes.
“Mr. Chapman, what can I do for you?” The old man’s aura was immediately withdrawn. He bowed respectfully to Roger.
Roger looked at the old man. His expression was much calmer than before. “Marlon, where did Marco go?”
The old man was called Marlon Salazar, the steward and the most important guard of the Chapman family.
Marlon replied, “Heatwave Bar.”
“Well, he has suffered a lot today. He needs to vent his anger. Let him be.” Roger sighed.
Roger looked at Marlon and said, “There is an important thing that I need you to do for
me.”
Marlon answered with a bow, “What is it?”
“I want you to find a person and ask him to kill another person,” Roger said frankly word by word….
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“Who are you looking for? And who do you want to kill?”
“The man you need to find is named Duncan Paul. He’s a truck driver. Many years ago, I saved his son’s life. He owes me a great favor. He said that he was willing to do anything
for me.
“The man I want to kill is named Gilmore, a student of Oakhaven University.”
Roger told Marlon how Gilmore knocked off Realm Group’s shares and took away Christine, whom Marco was in love with.
Roger’s eyes became intense as he said, “If Gilmore doesn’t die, I can’t vent my anger, and Marco can’t be with Christine, let alone get all of the Fosters‘ property.”
Marlon’s eyes flashed with fierceness. He said, “Since you want to kill Gilmore as soon as possible, why don’t you let me do it? I can kill him tonight so that you can be relieved.”
Roger shook his head, saying, “No. Christine sent a bodyguard to protect him all the time. The bodyguard used to be a special forces soldier. He’s very good at fighting. Although you may be able to defeat him, Gilmore will possibly take the opportunity to escape.
“Things will be different for Duncan. He just needs to stay near the Palazzo. There is an intersection. Gilmore will drive past that place. If Duncan’s truck crashes into Gilmore’s car, Gilmore will be killed.”
That was why Roger didn’t ask Marlon to kill Gilmore and wanted the truck driver, Duncan, to do that.
Marlon might not be able to kill Gilmore, but Duncan could if his large truck quickly crushed Gilmore’s car.
Marlon understood Roger’s intention, replying, “Don’t worry. I’ll fix it up.”
Roger nodded and pulled open a drawer. He took out a bank card and a piece of paper with words and a red fingerprint on it.
“Duncan lives in Apartment 6, Lane 78, Linden Lane. There are 200,000 dollars on this card, and this is the pledge he wrote that year. Give them to him and tell him that the money is for his son. As long as he completes the task, he won’t owe me anything.”
Marlon took the bank card and the pledge and put them into his pocket. “I’ll go and do it right now.”
Roger nodded.
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Just like when he came, Marlon left without making a sound.
Roger leaned his head on the back of the chair, his eyes flashing. “Gilmore, tomorrow is the day of your death…
The next morning, the sunlight beamed down on the Fosters‘
The manor was decorated with balloons, ribbons, and flowers by the servants, which made the manor colorful and cheerful.
The venue of the party was the largest villa in the manor.
This villa was several times larger than an ordinary villa. It had a splendid and spacious hall, which could accommodate more than 100 people.
In the hall, the servants were dressed neatly. Bread, fruits, roasted chicken, desserts, champagne, and all kinds of other delicacies were everywhere. They were all prepared for the guests at the birthday party today.
It was nearly 10 a.m. The guests gradually came over.
Two rows of mighty and handsome bodyguards in suits and sunglasses stood at the gate of the manor. They were greeting the guests in luxury cars.
Of course, before the guests entered the manor, the bodyguards would check their invitations.
Marco and his parents were sitting in a Royce Phantom Stretch. Roger and his wife had two invitations, but they just showed the bodyguards one.
The bodyguards didn’t see any problem with that, though they felt that the three people should have more than one invitation. After all, the Chapmans were close to the Fosters. Therefore, they immediately let the Chapmans‘ car in.
There was another familiar figure among the guests. It was Claire.
She was driving a Ferrari with her long hair hanging down. She was wearing sunglasses. Her skin was fair. She looked elegant.
The bodyguards were extremely respectful to Claire. They didn’t even check the invitation before letting her in. They gave Claire special treatment because she was Jessica’s niece.
As the guests entered the villa one after another, the servants began to be busy.
The hall became lively, full of laughter.
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The owners of the villa, David and Jessica, also appeared in the hall, smilingly chatting with their guests.
Meanwhile, Gilmore and Gerald sat in a Mercedes. It drove out of the Palazzo.
Then they would pass through an intersection.
The next moment, a large truck rushed over at a crazy speed from the left road in front of them.
As for Gilmore’s Mercedes, it was still driving towards the intersection.
Seconds later, there was a terrifying sound at the intersection.
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David and his wife were greeting the Chapmans in the hall of the villa.
Roger raised a glass of champagne, saying, “David, wish Christine a happy birthday!”
“Thank you! I’m glad you came.” David clinked glasses with Roger. They all took a sip of champagne.
Roger replied, “Although Christine doesn’t like Marco, my wife and I have always regarded her as our daughter. Of course, we couldn’t be absent from her birthday party.”
“Christine must be very happy to know this.” David smiled.
Rosaline took out a small black box from her handbag and opened it. There was a glossy emerald bracelet on the yellow silk cloth.
Rosaline said to Jessica, “This is a small gift I bought for Christine. Wish her a happy birthday.”
Jessica was surprised. “Rosaline, why did you buy such a precious gift for Christine?” As a rich woman, Jessica could tell at a glance whether the jewelry was expensive or not. The emerald bracelet was extremely rare and valuable.
Such a top–quality emerald bracelet was worth at least 200,000 dollars, and it was hard to get.
Rosaline smilingly answered, “Just as Roger said, we regard Christine as our daughter. Of course, we should give her something precious. What’s more, if her future husband is bad to her, we’ll welcome her into our family.”
“Rosaline, it sounds like you want Christine to have a bad married life.” Jessica took over the box smilingly.
Rosaline said, “I like Christine so much. I want her to marry into our family.”
David said with a smile, “Rosaline, don’t worry. I won’t give you this chance. If anyone dares to bully Christine, I won’t let them go.”
Roger looked around the hall on purpose, asking, “David, where is your future son–in- law, Gilmore?”
David smilingly answered, “Gilmore is just Christine’s boyfriend. He’s not my son–in-
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law yet. He should be coming soon. I’ll ask him to greet you when he arrives.”
“No need. I’m just curious. I don’t want him to greet me.” Roger waved his hands.
He then whispered, “David, do you think Gilmore will come? After all, this brat is not very reliable. Maybe he won’t come to the party.”
“I told him that I’ll announce in front of all the guests that he is Christine’s boyfriend today. If he doesn’t come, he won’t be qualified to be Christine’s boyfriend,” David said seriously.
Roger laughed and deliberately raised his voice. “Really? Are you going to announce who Christine’s boyfriend is at the party later?”
What he said immediately attracted the attention of the guests around them. The guests looked at them and slowly walked over, asking David excitedly and curiously.
“Mr. Foster, who is so lucky to be Miss Foster’s boyfriend?”
“Can you announce it now?”
“Who on earth is the rich man that has won Miss Foster’s favor?”
All the guests were eager to know who Christine’s boyfriend was.
Moreover, David was going to announce it at the party. He made such a fuss that everyone realized that Christine would probably marry her boyfriend. How could the guests not be curious?
David didn’t expect Roger to say that loudly. In David’s opinion, Roger was venting his anger in a childish way.
Being surrounded by the inquisitive guests, David couldn’t hide it anymore. He looked at all the guests, replying, “Thank you for your concern. Yes, I want to introduce my daughter’s boyfriend to you at the party later. Please wait a moment.”
The guests nodded expectantly.
“Everyone, my wife and I will go and see our daughter first. Please help yourselves,” David said with a smile.
The guests responded politely, “Mr. Foster and Mrs. Foster, we’ll let you go then.”
David and Jessica nodded at the Chapmans and then went upstairs.
As soon as they left, Roger’s cell phone rang. He avoided other people and walked aside
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before taking out his phone.
Someone sent him a message. He opened it. It was brief. [Mr. Chapman, it’s done. By Duncan)
After reading the message, Roger gave a sinister smile. “David, your future son–in–law is dead. I’d like to see what you’ll say later.”
In a bedroom on the second floor of the villa, Christine was adjusting her white dress in front of a big mirror. Jocelyn and another maid were fiddling with her dress.
The dress revealed her fair and delicate shoulders and showed off her slender waist. Her long legs could be seen through her thin dress. She was wearing beautiful red high
heels.
Standing in front of the big mirror, Christine looked as pretty as Snow White. The long white dress accentuated her perfect figure.
“Miss, you’re gorgeous!”
“You’re like a charming princess. You’ll marry a handsome prince.”
Jocelyn and another maid were fascinated by Christine. They couldn’t help praising her.
Christine smiled faintly. She had heard too many compliments about her beauty since she was a child, so she was indifferent to what they said.
They heard footsteps from outside. David and Jessica walked into their daughter’s bedroom.
Christine looked at them, calling, “Mom, Dad
David and Jessica’s eyes lit up when they saw their daughter. They couldn’t stop praising her, “Christine, you look fantastic!”
Christine smiled sweetly. “Thank you, Mom and Dad!”
David thought of something, saying, “Christine, almost all the guests are here. Call Gilmore and ask when he’ll arrive.
Christine didn’t know that Gilmore had won the bet and made David accept him as Christine’s boyfriend.
When she heard that her father asked about Gilmore, she was confused. She wondered if her parents wanted to test her true relationship with Gilmore.
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She thought, “If my parents find that I don’t care if Gilmore will come to the party or not, will they try to get me and Marco together?”
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Christine hastily nodded at her father. “Dad, rest assured. He’s coming. I’ll call him right away.”
She took out her phone and called Gilmore. “Sorry, the subscriber you dialed is powered off. Please call again later…”
Christine was speechless.
She called him again but heard the same voice.
Christine’s mouth twitched, thinking, “What is Gilmore doing? The party is about to start, and he has turned off his phone. Is he trying to make a fool of me?”
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