hotmtlnovel Chapter 84
Chapter 84
Ethan's words left everyone in the scene absolutely dumbfounded.
Their jaws dropped, they couldn't believe what they just heard.
The manager gazes at Ethan and the look on his face shows he's not messing around.
However the manager couldn't contain herself and burst out laughing, her belly jiggling like a bowl full of jelly.
"Oh, Ethan, you're such a character!"
She chortled, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes.
"You really had me going there for a second, I thought you were serious not knowing you are just trying to pull out legs, funny you"
But Ethan's face was as serious as a heart attack. He looked at the manager with dead eyes. He couldn't believe she was taking what he just said as a joke.
He said.
"I'm not kidding , what I said just now is true and I meant every bit of it."
he pointed at the man from earlier.
"This crap is trying to take advantage of Naomi. If I buy this whole place, she won't have to deal with his garbage anymore."
However Deep down, Ethan is doing it also because he knows it's another golden opportunity to get Another big investment and get system point also.
"If I play my cards right, I could make a killing out of this."
He said to himself, rubbing his hands together gleefully.
At that moment Everyone in the restaurants was stunned into silence to the point a pin could be heard when it dropped.
They couldn't believe he repeated the word again and this time he was confident about it.
Ethan then turned to Naomi, his eyebrows raised.
"Would that be okay with you?"
he asked, his voice as casual as if he were asking her about the weather.
Naomi was still shocked by what Ethan said earlier, she opened and closed her mouth like a fish out of water.
She couldn't find the words to respond to his question.
"There's no way he's serious about this,"
She thought, her mind reeling.
"I mean, sure, he's related to Lady Madison, but come on. No kid his age has that kind of money, he spent a lot on my grandfather and he bought a house of seven million dollars now he wants the whole estate, that isn't possible."
But she didn't want to bruise Ethan's ego again because she doesn't want to sound as if she is disrespecting him, so she just managed to fake a laugh and said.
"Oh, I've got this under control. But thanks for trying to help me!"
But Deep down, she knows Ethan can't pull it off so she wants to use this as an escape route for him and she prays he understands and stops here without pushing it any further.
Naomi, too, was having a hard time believing Ethan was for real.
"He's just bluffing,"
she thought, biting her lip.
"But I can't let him reveal his connection to Lady Madison either. That'll just make his life a living hell."
She said to herself knowing how big mouth Ethan was.
Ethan didn't respond to the man, but he turned to the manager.
"Call the owners. Right now. I'll buy this place on the spot."
he said, his voice as firm as steel.
The manager, her hands started shaking, decided to give Ethan the benefit of the doubt.
She brought out her phone and dialed the owners' number.
After a brief conversation,her face was pale then she faced Ethan.
"They said no deal,"
she mumbled, not meeting Ethan's eyes.
"They don't want to sell, not even for three billion."
At that moment Ethan just shrugged.
"Then I will make it four billion,"
he said, as casual as could be.
The scene immediately erupted in chaos. People were shouting, their voices overlapping in a cacophony of disbelief and confusion they didn't understand what Ethan was trying to do.
The owners, still on the phone, were sputtering and choking, unable to believe their ears.
But Ethan wasn't done. He held up his hand, silencing the scene.
" I will pay Five billion dollars,"
he said, his voice ringing out like a bell.
"And I'll pay it all upfront. No installments, no funny business. Five billion, all in one go"
The owner who was still on the phone went dead silent.
Then after some seconds of quietness, a trembling voice came through the speaker.
"five billion? Upfront? You're not pulling our legs?"
Ethan just grinned, his eyes sparkling he knew he had gotten a breakthrough.
"As serious as a heartbeat."
he said, his voice as smooth as silk. "So what do you say? Do we have a deal?"