After saying this, she held her head high, looking pleased with herself.

“However, as a friend, I’ll definitely respect your choice and give you my blessings. So, let’s not see each other from now on. I’m sure that you and your new employer will soon be driven out of Almiron City and back to where you came from. I hope you’ll still be as happy then as you are now.”

As she spoke, her head oscillated between Hansley and Darius, and it made her look like she was deranged. When she was done, she focused on Darius and smiled delightedly, saying as she backed away, “You probably don’t know what the price of the property is like here, but I know very well. And so, I’d like to bet with you—what will you do if you can’t buy any of the property here?”

“I’ll give you a hundred thousand dollars,” Darius said calmly.

Ashley merely gave him a mocking look and shrugged. “I was going to say that if you could buy this building, I’d give you two hundred thousand, but it looks like that won’t be necess