Hunting for His EX-Wife

Elliot looked at Lawrence’s smiling face and couldn’t help but furrow his brows, suppressing his impatience and annoyance. He asked back, “How much did RH offer?”

Lawrence smiled slightly, “We are working with Mr. Harper in good faith. Why don’t you make an offer first since it is Mr. Harper who wants RH’s land.”

Elliot became even more dissatisfied. He thought Lawrence was just a small potato, but now it seemed that he had a high position in RH.

Elliot glanced at his assistant and spoke the price they had previously agreed upon, “30 million.”

The assistant sitting next to Elliot calmly observed Lawrence’s expression. The 30 million offered by Harper Group had been budgeted for the valuation of the Australian land beforehand; it was more than enough for the land, even overestimated by one million due to Mr. Harper’s relationship with Lawrence.

They should agree to this price.

The assistant was secretly thinking when he noticed that Elliot was also carefully observing Lawrence’s expression with a strange feeling in his heart.

He felt that it wouldn’t be so simple; perhaps Lawrence would raise the price.

As soon as Elliot thought of this idea, Lawrence slowly spoke again, “30 million… the price is a bit low.”

Then under Elliot’s expressionless face and the assistant’s surprised gaze filled with disbelief, he continued speaking indifferently, “Our CEO’s minimum psychological price is 50 million.”

The assistant gasped for breath while Elliot’s face darkened slightly.

The atmosphere in the office unknowingly became stagnant – there was an uncommunicative suffocating feeling between them three – making even the assistant not daring to speak up silently on one side.

RH did ask for anything.

Not only did Elliot feel this way; even after hearing Khalil’s instructed prices, Lawrence was unable to help but feel shocked.

When they bought that piece of land two years ago, they only spent more than 8 million dollars on it because Australia’s terrain and environment didn’t quite fit into RH’s goals so they kept holding onto it all along until now where its location wasn’t considered good either since there were undeveloped cities around them which could rent out for no more than twenty million dollars maximum.

Elliot offering thirty million exceeded expectations already, yet Khalil proposed fifty million as their lowest asking price?

Lawrence took a deep breath when he first heard the price, but now that he thought about it seriously, he realized that he wasn’t as bold as Khalil. Looking at Elliot’s indifferent and cold expression, Lawrence remained calm and used his knowledge to try to persuade him. “What? Mr. Harper thinks fifty million is too high?”

Elliot looked up at him.

Lawrence smirked and said, “The land is located in the most central area of Australia. Although it’s not bustling now, it’s definitely worth this price.”

Elliot raised an eyebrow and suppressed the hint of hostility in his eyes. “Oh? Why does Mr. Ingram say that?”Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

“Mr. Harper, you should know,” Lawrence continued smoothly with a sly smile on his face. “In the near future, there will be a new tourist attraction developed nearby along with a large economic business district built around it – all centered around this piece of land we’re offering you today.”

Elliot’s expression darkened slightly; what Lawrence was saying was true.

When Elliot first became interested in this piece of land, it was because he knew that the surrounding economy would rapidly develop within two years which would lead to great prospects for growth.

“Mr. Harper should consider carefully,” Lawrence probed further while looking at Elliot’s emotionless face before continuing on with more persuasion tactics, “This piece of land isn’t just wanted by Harper Group; many other people want it too! Fifty million is our offer based on future development trends. Although some may think that exceeds their budget initially, after giving some thought, they’ll realize what an amazing deal this truly is! Moreover…”

Lawrence drew out his words slowly for emphasis, “… this can also be seen as fate between our two companies!” His words were full of meaning which caused Elliot’s facial expression to suddenly change.

Wasn’t Lawrence implying something about himself and Rose? Was he trying to show off in front of him?!

Ha…

Despite feeling annoyed internally, Elliot managed to suppress his anger somewhat reluctantly while maintaining a stern look on his face. “Alright, fifty million dollars then. However, I want to meet RH’s CEO.”

Lawrence felt taken aback by Elliot’s sudden request.

“What does Mr. Harper mean?”

Elliot laughed sarcastically, “With such a big collaboration, are you sure you can talk to me with your identity?”

“I only talk to your CEO.” As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Elliot looked down on Lawrence with a hint of mockery in his eyes.

Lawrence was not really in charge and what if he agreed to cooperate and then ran away? Given that he had tried to leave with Rose before, Elliot felt that Lawrence was really irresponsible…

Thinking of this, Elliot immediately stopped himself from thinking further. He was afraid that he would lose control of his temper if he continued.

Talking about cooperation with Lawrence was too risky and he wasn’t qualified enough to talk to him anyway.

Naturally, Lawrence could see the meaning behind Elliot’s expression and his lack of trust in him. He felt slightly uncomfortable but this collaboration was a struggle between Khalil and Elliot. He couldn’t ruin it because of himself.

After a moment’s silence, Lawrence replied. “Okay, I’ll ask my CEO.”

“Wait.” Elliot stopped him as he stood up to make a call next door and added his request from earlier. “Video chat.”

Lawrence tightened his right hand holding the phone for a moment but then let go quickly. He looked deeply at Elliot with a hint of sharpness in his eyes. “I’m not sure if the CEO will agree or not. This project was assigned by the CEO to me. But you required me to call my CEO because you thought I wasn’t qualified enough for it. If you don’t meet her in person, won’t you discuss it anymore?”

Elliot narrowed his eyes as they became deep and complex; feeling something off about Mr. Ingram’s nervousness, “Why are you so nervous? I’m more curious about your CEO.”

He really wondered who RH’s CEO is; what kind of person created such an influential group overseas so quickly? Moreover, every time Elliott thought of RH’s CEO, there would be an inexplicable excitement or even anticipation deep inside him.

Elliott didn’t understand why he had these feelings though.