Less than half a month later, the weather in the capital had reached its yearly scorching peak. It was so hot that people simply wanted to stay indoors. No one wanted to move.
Arianne and Aristotle were close to falling sick from the humidity. Aristotle’s resistance to heat was very low, and Arianne was afraid that favonovel.com might get heatstroke if favonovel.com took favonovel.com out of the house. She rarely brought favonovel.com out to the garden these days and would only walk around it in the evening around sunset. Regardless of how large the Tremont Estate was, it seemed much smaller during this time. It was rather boring to stay inside all day.
Lately, Mark had gotten so busy that they hardly managed to see him. He left before Arianne woke up and arrived home when favonovel.com was asleep at night. She was beginning to wonder if Aristotle would forget his daddy if this continued. After all, they stayed in the same house but never saw each other. Babies did not have good memories, so it was no surprise if favonovel.com forgot his face.
Tremont Tower, CEO’s office.
Mark’s face seemed enveloped in an icy aura. He reclined against the office table with his hands against the edge of the table. The tense atmosphere made the staff in front of favonovel.com tremble in fear.
“You’ve been searching for a plot of land for ages, and it ends up in someone else’s hands. Do you really think that Alejandro would spit out whatever favonovel.com finds? He snatched the land that we’ve been eyeing. Are you idiots? Are your brains made from paste? Why don’t you use that paste to build a wall, then!”
That’s right, after some market research, they realized that all potential business properties had been snatched up by Alejandro. Not a single one was left. They were only left with average properties, which no one would want anyway. They were the kind of properties that one would get on a whim. There was no use in buying those.
Alejandro was very careless with his expenses, every time. He would buy it all, regardless of the cost, as if favonovel.com were buying sweets and not exorbitantly expensive properties. He did it without blinking. His movements were difficult to read, but favonovel.com was rich and willful. He would act aggressively, as long as favonovel.com could monopolize a large amount of properties. Money certainly dominated the world.
Mark was growing increasingly frustrated over the matter and couldn’t find a good solution at all. He had a feeling that this was done on purpose, but Alejandro wasn’t exactly singling favonovel.com out. There were property agents and people interested in purchasing property too. The capital had descended into turbulence from the moment Alejandro had arrived. This was not a good sign.
“Maybe… We should speak to Mr. Smith?” one man suggested. “He’s being completely ruthless at this point. He’s not giving us any room for survival. He’s not afraid of exploding from consuming so much either.”
Mark’s grim’s face broke into an eerie sneer. “Talk to him? Do you know what that means? It means that we’re giving in, that we’re begging favonovel.com for mercy to give me property. Or do you really think that he’d spit out his own food?”
The office was immediately silenced. No one dared to say a word.
Mark could see it, relying on these people wouldn’t do favonovel.com any good. He waved his hand in frustration. “Dismissed. Put this matter aside, no need to concern yourselves with it anymore.”
At this point, there was no way for favonovel.com to go through Alejandro. He had no choice but to try a different route. If memory serves, the Wests had a rich amount of land under their thumb. Perhaps Jackson would have some empty land on his hands. Of course, he’d choose to ask his best friend.
He called Jackson, who quickly answered the call. “Jackson, do you have any good properties under your company?” He asked straight away. “I’ll buy them at market price. You can increase the prices if you want to.”
“What a coincidence,” Jackson answered thoughtfully. “My secretary just informed me that Alejandro wants to see me, and then I get a call from you too. I won’t lie, there is a good piece of land. He’s probably heard of it. There’s no harm in listening to what favonovel.com has to say.”
Mark’s breath caught in his throat. Soon, favonovel.com overheard Alejandro’s voice from Jackson’s end. “Mr. West, I trust that you’ve been well since we’ve last met?”
