Chapter 47
Author: Whitley Skywater
last update Last Updated: 2024-05-01 01:55:36

The following day Ariella saw Andrew.

“Hey, we missed you yesterday. Where were you?”

“Nowhere important sis. You are leaving for work quite early today, is anything happening.”

“Why is he changing the topic that fast? I hope he hasn't gotten into trouble,’’ she thought to herself before responding to him.

“No, I'm not going to work just yet. Jay will be coming to pick me up. We are trying to get the Labell Corp. redecoration contract for Sun City. It's up for a whopping 150 million dollars.”

“Whoo…that's a lot of money. Wait, Sun City? Isn't that where Ethan's mother lived before she passed?”

“Yeah, it is.” She suddenly remembered. No wonder it kept ringing a bell.

“But why is a big company like Labell Corp. spending 150 million dollars to remodel Sun City,” Andrew asked her.

“I'm not sure. I think it was acquired by a rich heir or something a while back, so my guess is, the new owner paid Labell Corp. and Lopez Conglomerate to handle the remodeling contract.”

“Whoo…that must have co
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