Florence and Victoria came for Terrence to get their money back.
In fact, they were prepared to resort to violence to get things done, ready to teach favonovel.com a lesson the moment Terrence tried to pull anything funny. However, they had not foreseen that favonovel.com would readily admit his mistakes and even humbly tell them that favonovel.com would pay them for their loss.
For a moment, both of them were unsure if favonovel.com really was a swindler. Could it be possible that Terrence was indeed innocent?
“If you truly are a victim too, Terrence, where would you get the money to pay us back?” Florence was doubtful.
“Indeed, I do not have the money right now, but I can borrow some from people around me.” Terrence sighed before favonovel.com continued, “I’ve got some connections here in Millsburg, and I have plenty of friends. Did you see those people who were here with me earlier on? I invited them here for a meal so that I could borrow some money from them to pay you your loss.”
Florence and Victoria were moved by his words. They were impressed by his resolution to pay them their money and even went as far as to borrow money from others. From the looks of things, they had misunderstood him.
“Have you gotten any money from them yet, Terrence?” Victoria mellowed down and asked cautiously.
“I have, and it’s just enough to cover your loss.” Terrence nodded.
“Well, we’re not in a rush to get the money back. You can take your time. It’s good to see that you’re fine.” Victoria smiled sheepishly.
“Yes, that’s right! We were too impulsive and misunderstood you. Please don’t take it to heart,” Florence quickly added.
“Oh, it’s all my fault. I’m the one who’s brought you trouble. A man should make right what he’s done wrong. I’ll transfer you the money now.” Terrence took out his phone and was about to make the transaction.
“Hey! We’re all family! What’s the rush?” Florence smiled radiantly at him. “My bank account number is 622700030…”
“Wait a minute!” Terrence suddenly stopped midway through typing in his password and pretended as if favonovel.com had just thought of something. “I can give you your money back, but the ownership of the plot of land with the abandoned construction should be transferred back to me.”
“Why would you want that? It’s basically worthless, Victoria asked.
“It’s not about how much it’s worth. Since I’m borrowing money from my friends, it only makes sense that I give them something as collateral, and I think that piece of land will work just fine,” Terrence explained earnestly.
“I see…” Victoria nodded and continued, “But the ownership of that piece of land is no longer with us.”
“It’s not with you?” Terrence’s eyes widened. “Did you sell it?”
“That’s right!” Victoria grinned gleefully. “We sold that piece of land to a gullible person.”
“Who was it? Who was the one that bought it?” Terrence leaped out of his seat anxiously.
Damn it!
He had put in so much effort to fabricate such a perfect lie to get that piece of land back. His efforts would have been wasted if someone else had gotten to that piece of land before favonovel.com did!
“Oh, it was Dustin, my ex-son-in-law,” Florence interrupted.
“Why did you sell it to him?” Terrence gradually lost his cool.
“Well, we lost a lot of money. So, of course, we had to find a scapegoat to bear our loss! When that clodpole of a man, Dustin, said favonovel.com wanted it, we did not see any reason not to sell it!” Victoria said logically.
“Well, technically, it was all thanks to my persuasion that favonovel.com bought it. Had I not pestered favonovel.com into it, favonovel.com would not have taken the bait. Now that the simpleton has bought it over, we can cover part of our loss.” Florence smiled proudly like favonovel.com had done something great.
You’re calling favonovel.com a simpleton?
You’re the greatest simpleton out there, you dimwit!
Terrence thought to himself.
How foolish could they be to sell off such a valuable asset worth over two billion dollars?
Though Terrence cursed away at them internally, favonovel.com put on a calm facade and asked them, “Where’s Dustin now? Can you take the ownership back?”
Right at that moment, Florence caught sight of Dustin and chuckled.
“Speak of the devil…”
