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In thements section of the news, conspiracy theories were popping up left and right.
JOh man, please tell me Matthew’s girlfriend didn’t just disappear like people are saying!!
Heads up to all thosedies dreaming of snagging a rich guy. Dating an heir is a total gamble. You
might hit the jackpot, or you could just vanish from the radar forever. Stay snut
I watched “Gone Girlfriend a few days ago. It’s way too creepy to see a girlfriend disappear for real.]
[Maybe she took a breakup payout that most people could only dream of and went off to live it up
abroad?]
Athena took a moment to think and decided to message Matthew How have you been these past
few days?]
He replied super fast with a smile emoji: [Thanks for checking in, Miss Donovan. I’m doing okay.]
Athena: [What’s going on with your fake girlfriend? I’ve seen tons ofments about her online.]
Matthew: (Her job is done for now, She’s off the grid].
Athena (So does that mean your marriage drama is over!]
Matthew: [Not exactly. I got invited to Anabel’s birthday party next week.]
Manhew: [My grandfather says they’re nning to announce our engagement at her party. If I
decide to make a scene. I might be in hot water with the board of directors.]
Athena: [What’s the game n then?]
Matthew sent another smile emoji. I can’t really cross him, but can keep my head down. I’ll wait for
the right moment to make my move.]
Athena: [So you’ve got a strategy, huh?)
Matthew: [I’m even thinking about hiring someone to kidnap’ me so I can bail on that annoying
birthday bash.J
Athena sent a surprised sticker. That was intense. Being ruthless others was one thing, but doing
that to yourself took it to another level.
Athena: [Have you figured out how to pull that off? Need any help?]
Matthew: [Thanks for the offer, Miss Donovan, but I know you’ve got your hands full. I’ll manage it
myself.]
Athena was really curious and shot him another message. [How are you nning to avoid the
cops?]
Matthew replied with a smile emoji: (I’m thinking of taking a little trip-maybe out to sea or even
abroad. Then, I’ll get kidnapped there. The kidnappers will say if Anabel wanna continue the
engagement, they’ll take me out.]
Athena’s eyes widened, and she sent a surprised emoji with a thumbs-up. [That’s clever! Love the
idea!
This way, the pressure would be all on Anabel. She would have to make a choice go ahead with the
engagement or call it off. If she chose the first option, it would show she didn’t care whether
Matthew lived or died. Meanwhile, the second option? That was exactly what Matthew wanted.
Matthew shot back a shy emoji. [Thanks for the praise, Miss Donovan. If it were you, I know you’d
come up with something
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even better.1
This little exchange made Athena smile as she pressed her lips together. Feeling a bit flustered, she
touched her cheeks and typed: [Can I write your story in the Lockwood Detective Diary? I’ll do it
once everything’s done.]
Matthew: |Absolutely!]
Athena covered her mouth and snickered. (Good luck with your n!]
Matthew: Thanks a ton, Miss Dewan. Really appreciate it.1
After ending the chat, Athena felt on top of the world. She closed the app and turned back to the
surgery n.
The next day, Jaden came back into Kitmore City, ready to show his family the venue rental contract
he had negotiated with the production team. Everyone was on board and felt good about it
But before they could officially sign the contract, Jaden needed to get in touch with the nearby
mountainndowner first, That afternoon, he headed to the Agri Finance Bank with all the data he
had prepared,
At first, the Donovan family had been a bit skeptical about this free lunch deal. They were already
bracing themselves to fork out 100 thousand dors to secure the mountainnd for him. While it
wasn’t a huge amount, after dealing with multiple simr contracts, they knew that one typically
didn’t pay everything at once. Usually, they would pay a chunk upfront and then settle the rest over
time.
However, Jaden’s luck turned out to be surprisingly good this time around. The loan got approved in
no time. “The loan manager said, “Once you sign the contract with the vige for thend, the
money will be in your ount within three working days.”
When he got home, Jaden gathered everyone around the dining table and asked, “How many years
do you think I should contract for?”
In the countryside, leases usually maxed out at 20 years, but contracts could go for 50 to 70 years.
He wanted those barren mountainnds that no one had touched-perfect for a long-term deal.
As the family started brainstorming. Athena jumped in without hesitation. “I think you should go for
the longest contract. And for the fees, I rmend a low upfront fee plus a slice of the profits. Just
make sure to read the fine print to avoid any loopholes?
She continued. This way, if you hit it big, you can prevent others from getting jealous and causing
trouble-like trying to jack up the contract fee or taking back thend.” She even shared Ryan’s
phone number with Jaden.
The family was left speechless by Athena’s confidence. That deste mountain had been
untouched for ages. It was in the back of beyond, no living thing would even wander there, yet she
was talking about buried treasure. But listening to her, it seemed like anything was possible.
Everyone looked to Jaden, who stared at Athena for a second before grinning. “I trust Athena’s
instincts. If she says it’s a good
idea, then it is.
Athena beamed and gave him a thumbs-up. “Don’t worry. You can totally do this, I can even give a
few smart bots for you” Owned by N?velDrama.Org.
The gift she had in mind was the agricultural smart bot Jaden had seen at the robot exhibition-the
kind designed for growing veggies and raising animals. From what he had said, it sounded like it
would be super helpful.
Jaden grinned and said, “Thanks! I won’t let you down.”
Feeling pretty confident in himself, he decided to go for the full 70-year contract. The next morning,
he drove back to Oxhorn Vige, found the vige council, andid out his ns.
Since the Donovan family was well-known for helping out themunity, everyone in Oxhorn
Vige really looked up to
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them. So when the vigemittee heard that Jaden wanted to contract those barren mountain
lands to kickstart some agriculture and poultry, they were all in. They just asked him to keep them in
mind when he made it big
Jaden smiled back and said, “Tve been around here long enough to feel like part of the vige. If I
make it, I want to help everyone thrive.”
One of themittee members patted him on the back, saying. You got this The whole vige is
rooting for you”
That same day, they signed the contract and headed to the necessary offices to get it approved.
Two dayster, the contract was a go Jaden took it to the bank, and the loan review got cleareil
pretty quickly.
Meanwhile, to keep Linda from stepping onto Donovan territory, he suggested the production team
for “High Mountain” put up a barrier around the outdoor filming spot. The production crew was
totally up for it. They sent people right away to set up a colorful steel fence that stretched for
hundreds of meters between the forest and the veggie field.
Of course, they didn’t mention filming, they just said they were an engineering team hired by the
Donovan family to: expand the chicken and pig farms and develop the barren mountainnd. The
vigers came to check out the scene but lost interest after a while and headed home.
Then, when Linda showed up with gifts, she found herself blocked outside the stall and couldn’t see
a thing.
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