The door of the store slid open, and Jared walked in. Havill followed hurriedly from behind. He wanted to be the first person to see what this place was so that he could get an advantage for himself. When he walked in and saw the place and the inscription etched in the middle of the floor, his brows raised in interest. Lotus Box Utopia. That was the name of the store. Havill knew the store. He had never been to the store before. Recently that he became a level three in the Floating Tower. He was looking to increase his spending budget so that he would be able to gain membership into this jewelry store called Lotus Box. Havill couldn't help but wonder why he was allowed into this box before his spending card hit the required amount. He quickly walked to Jared and stopped him. "Is this real? Why are we here? You are the manager of the second box, and you know the rules. How is it that we are here instead of somewhere else? Naturally, even if my card has hit the required amount, it
"This cannot be real.""Somebody do the math. This is crazy.""Nuts!""What's this poor man going to do now? You don't pick a fight with Mr Havill."The guests were throwing their opinions everywhere. Every corner of the store was shaken. Even if a man was trying to impress a lady, was there not a limit to an extent you can simp?But Havill seemed to have no boundaries to his quest. It was hard to tell what was going through his head that had convinced him to make such a ridiculous claim. Cory himself was stunned speechless. Although the system had asked him to spend a hundred billion dollars for fifteen gems, he was looking for a way to spend it. Yet he couldn't have imagined that having a financial duel with Havill would make it so easy for him. He was initially bothered that he might still have to go through a lot of stress to be able to spend that much money. But as things were looking right now, it felt like luck had fallen on his side. On the other hand, he couldn't help but
"Cory!!!" Anna called him with a bewildered tone. She was only just snapping out of what had just happened between Havill and the attendant. And now, Cory was walking out on her? Giving up on her?Although she knew that Havill was rich. Cory was rich, too. She knew that. Although she really didn't know how rich Cory was. She had hunches that he might be richer than she thinks because he tends to exude some mysterious traits that she had never seen in anyone. Whatever the case might be, shouldn't he put up a fight for her? How dare he walk out on her just so quickly? Just because a woman talked him out of the duel?Anna hated to believe this. She didn't want to accept it. She quickly followed him. She had not walked for a while when someone walked to stand in her way. Her brows furrowed when she lifted her gaze to see who the fuck the person was. It was Havill. "Move out of my way." Anna bit the words angrily. "See, Anna, I understand that you might like this chaotic lad. I mean,
"What is this loser trying to do?" Someone asked amongst the crowd. The guests have been divided into two. While a part of them was rooting for Cory, the great number of them was happy for Havill. They were now backing Havill and didn't want Cory to have a comeback. Wouldn't it be madness to claim to be capable of outspending fifty-four billion dollars?Not even the likes of Lord Theo would be willing to splurge that amount of money on something so random and baseless. "I think he's trying to make things up.""I thought he was a smart youth. I had no idea that he was only trying to fan his ego. Making things up to save face would not help him here! Maybe someone needs to explain this to him."The people didn't lower their voices. They were so loud that even the attendant could hear them mocking Cory. Cory had no business with them. He was not fazed by it. He only wanted to listen to the attendant. She was the only reasonable person who would understand what he was trying to talk ab
"What!!!!" It sounded more like a chorus that had been practiced by a band rather than a sound of exclamation from a group of people. Not one of the people in the store was left unfazed. In fact, the attendant was the most horrified at this point. She was shaking heavily as though she would pass out any moment from then. It was way and beyond her imagination. She was thinking of what the executives of the company would do to her! She had also just heard that the new owner of the Consortium was around! What if he walked in right now into the store and saw this!This jewelry that she had refused to sell to the prince of Saudi Kingdom because he had priced it a little lower than two hundred million! Now, this necklace had been smashed on the floor. The lady didn't really know what to say or how to react. While she was still trying to process the shock,"What the hell are you doing?" Havill was heavy on the voice. "Are you tired of living? Didn't you hear the history behind this? How
Havill was groundless as he stared at Cory brainless. He didn't know which of the situations to reflect on. Was it the fact that Jared knew Cory and would put his father's business on the line for Cory? Or the fact that Cory had just paid a ridiculous amount of two hundred and fifty billion dollars to impress him?! Or the fact that he had just watched Cory smashed 250,000,000,000 dollars into powder and had emptied it in a bucket of water?! Or the fact that Cory was now standing right in front of him, asking him to drink the water?!Havill was more than conflicted. He couldn't even place the thoughts at this point. His body was shaking, yet he was doing all he could not to give himself away easily. He wanted to say something to Cory as he used to in the past. But this time, he couldn't find his voice. His voice was gone. It would seem as though someone had vacated his lungs of the words and his mind of words. He just stood there staring like a statue. Cory's gaze was very intentiona
By the time Cory was done, everyone was scared to the ends of their wits. No one dared to look him in the eyes. Someone who had the guts to do this kind of thing to a powerful man like Havill, who is he? Where did he come from? Why hadn't anyone had of him and his class?There was fear crawling from one face of a person, then leaping to the face of another. It was a very chaotic scene in the store. The silence there was so defeaning that it would seem as though there was no living soul present in the store. Cory turned around from Havill. When he turned, the guests almost sank into the floor. Some of them wished that the ground would open and they would disappear into it. In fact, some of them that originally were rooting for Havill wished that they could just vanish into thin air and be rooted from earth. There was one of the guests that was doing a live video on Utok and Emtok simultaneously, but when Cory turned around to look, the fellow dropped the phone at once. Luckily, h
Even Cory, who had recently stopped behind one of the couches, was stunned when those words hit him. Although he wasn't the one whom Anna directed the words to, yet it felt like he had been hit by a ballistic missile. Before Cory could call her name,"Anna!" Lord Theo had beaten him to it.Cory had almost forgotten that he wasn't the only one here. And that Lord Theo was actually the most affected by what Anna had just said. As soon as Anna said those words, she bent down, picked up her bag, and started to walk out of the building again. "Anna! Come back." Lord Theo called at her. He was bewildered and worried. He looked really scared. "Let me explain to you, Anna. Anna!!" The old man did all he could to convince Anna to stay, but she would not listen. She left and walked out of the living room and through the hallway. She walked past Cory and didn't even spare him a glance. It would seem as though he was an insignificant insect. Cory really didn't pick an offense in this. While