What he did not expect was that Gale rejected Aurum so bluntly!

"Is there no room for negotiation?" Aurum asked.

Gale answered without hesitation, "No."

Letting Natalie go would be like letting the tiger return to the mountain.

She understood that!

She was not a bad person!

She would not let Shawn clean up this mess!

Gale's expression was very determined, with no intention of giving in.

Aurum also did not expect that he would be rejected.

After all, he had promised Natalie before that h