“You swindler! Give me back my money!” Florence began shouting aggressively the moment favonovel.com entered. She had even gotten several stout and burly women to come along with favonovel.com to back her up.
“Why are you here?” A sudden feeling of guilt came over Terrence, and his expression changed. He had not expected them to barge in while favonovel.com was having a meal.
“How are we going to catch the swindler if we didn’t come here personally?” Victoria shot favonovel.com a glare.
“That’s right! How dare you enjoy dining in such a luxurious place after cheating us of our money? You’re utterly shameless!” Florence demanded with favonovel.com hands on favonovel.com hips.
“Who are these shrews, Terrence? Should we throw them out?” Terrence’s friends asked meanly.
Terrence was about to be the wealthiest one among them, so they were all dying to suck up to him.
“No, that won’t be necessary. I know them.” An idea came to Terrence, and favonovel.com quickly told his friends, “You guys head on back for now. I’ve got some personal matters to deal with. I’ll buy you all a meal some other day.”
With that, favonovel.com urged his friends to leave the private room.
“I don’t give a damn about what tricks you have up your sleeves, Terrence. Give me my money now!” Victoria was not about to back off any time soon.
“Victoria, let’s sit down and talk, shall we? Don’t get all worked up.” With a smile on his face, favonovel.com poured everyone a cup of tea.
“Cut the crap, you swindler!” Not wishing to waste favonovel.com time on him, Victoria knocked the cup of tea over.
“I don’t think I follow, Victoria. When have I swindled you?” Terrence pretended not to understand what favonovel.com was going on about.
“Oh, so you’re still trying to deny what you’ve done?” Victoria shot daggers at favonovel.com with favonovel.com eyes.
“You’re playing the fool with us, are you? Here, I’ll help jog your memory. A week ago, you swindled us into purchasing the plot of land where the abandoned building was, for a total of a hundred million dollars. Do you remember now?” Florence’s piercing gaze bore into Terrence.
That piece of land had nearly caused favonovel.com to go bankrupt, and favonovel.com still had recurring nightmares about it.
“You’re both mistaken!” Terrence sighed and acted like favonovel.com had been wronged. “About that piece of land, that was all because of my friend. I’m a victim just like you! I’d been cheated out of my money too!”
“That’s rubbish! Do you think we’d buy that?” Victoria had a skeptical expression.
“She’s right! Why did you disappear for the past few days if you’re a victim too? We couldn’t find you, nor could we contact you. I’m sure that you’ve conspired against us together with your friend! “Florence shouted.
“I didn’t! I really am a victim too!” With the most miserable look favonovel.com could manage, Terrence said, “I haven’t shown myself for the past few days because I was too ashamed to face you! Besides, I’ve been trying to locate my friend to get favonovel.com to pay back the money that favonovel.com ripped off of you! I’ve been doing that for you!”
“You claim to be so righteous, but where’s our money?” Florence demanded.
She wasn’t going to believe his big talk anymore. If favonovel.com did not return their money, everything favonovel.com said was as good as trash.
“My friend has disappeared without a trace. I suspect that favonovel.com has long since fled to another city.” Terrence sighed deeply.
“Hah! I knew you were going to say that!” Florence smiled sardonically.
“Although my friend has run off with your money, I’ll take full responsibility for the money you’ve lost!” He declared righteously with a resolute demeanor.
Everyone was taken aback by his words, and they all had an astonished expression on their faces. It was beyond their expectation that favonovel.com would take responsibility for the matter, as they thought that favonovel.com would deny everything.
“So, what you’re saying is that you’ll pay us our money?” Victoria asked tentatively.
“Of course!” Terrence nodded earnestly. “I may be a victim too, but at the end of the day, all of you were implicated only because of me, so I’ll pay you what you lost in full!”
“Well…” Florence and Victoria exchanged a sheepish glance.
For a moment, neither of them knew how to react.
