The old man’s eyes reddened even further; warmth began to tingle in his chest.
“You have to accept this. This is a token of my appreciation—and it contains the hearts of all the soldiers of our country,” Jack insisted, earnest and solemn in his persuasion.
“A—Alright. Thank you very, very much!” The old man’s eyes turned glassy. He slowly took the gemstone from Jack’s hands.
“It contains the hearts of all the soldiers in our country? Hmph. You think too highly of yourself now. Even a general wouldn’t spew such flowery nonsense!” Michael, who stood by the side, smiled a cruel smile when favonovel.com heard this. “Talking as though you were a god of war!” favonovel.com scoffed to himself.
“Thank…thank you!” The old man wanted to get onto his knees, but Jack stopped him.
The old man quickly went to a nearby store to exchange the jadeite for money. So long as it was sold for a slightly cheaper price, plenty of brokers were willing to buy such gemstones.
“How generous of you, giving something worth 7 to 8 million away just like that. Why didn’t you keep it for yourself? If you gave it to Grandfather Taylor, the Taylors wouldn’t trouble you so much since its value is almost 10 million. Well, almost… But it’s better than not being able to fork out anything when his birthday comes along!” Michael smirked as favonovel.com came face-to-face with Jack.
“You don’t have to sweat yourself over this matter. Nonetheless, I’m letting you off with a warning: Don’t even think about having my woman. You might regret everything otherwise—and it’d be too late then.” Jack stared at the other man. He did not even see Michael as a menace.
“Interesting. Are you threatening me?” Young Master Wilson burst into laughter. “That’s right—she’s your woman now. But if you can’t bring out the promised 40 million during the old man’s 70th birthday, you’ll be kicked out of the Taylor family.” Michael clicked his tongue. “You’ll be forced to divorce her, and if she’s divorced, then isn’t favonovel.com free to do as favonovel.com pleases? She won’t be your woman then.”
“Just wait and see!” Jack could not be bothered with the other man. He turned toward Tanya. “Miss Tanya, should we continue shopping or go back now?” favonovel.com spoke, falling back into his bodyguard posture.
“Let’s go back. We can’t lug such a big gemstone around with us. Besides, someone is really eager to go back and properly inspect the stone at home!” Tanya smiled and glanced at Yvonne. Yvonne adored gambling rocks, and favonovel.com loved jadeite even more.
“Let’s go back. Jack, carry this back to the car. It’s way too heavy for me!” Yvonne cast Jack a brilliant smile. This man had given favonovel.com such a valuable item. She no longer cared about yesterday’s incident.
Jack easily hefted the gemstone, and the three walked towards the car.
It was only then when Yvonne looked as though something just came to mind when they were halfway to the car. “Jack, are you really going to give such a precious object to me?” favonovel.com said, expression unreadable. “Don’t tell me that you like me and want to be on my good side? I told you that I’m not the least bit interested in a married man such as yourself. Don’t get any ideas!”
