The Heiress’ Return: Six Brothers at Her Beck and Call

Chapter 1413 Too Discreet Compared to Her Flancé

The urban village’s people had their own agenda. What they wanted was simple–more money.

They didn’t care what the authorities thought or how things worked behind the scenes. All they knew was that a gullible target had arrived, and they weren’t going to let the opportunity slip by without taking advantage of it.

Over the years, this had become a routine. Their acting skills were impressive. They would always portray themselves as weak and vulnerable, selzing the moral high ground in the process.

Cyrus hadn’t understood this before, but now he did.

Cold sweat ran down his back as he sat in the car. He couldn’t shake the eerie feeling that the villagers were staring at them. Their eyes were practically glowing like predators sizing up their prey.

He instinctively wanted to retreat. “Wynter, let’s not get involved even if we got lucky and stumbled upon a good opportunity with policies in our favor. We can handle the family matters slowly.”

“Who said I’m here to deal with family matters?” Wynter twisted the cap off a bottle and took a sip of water. “You’re the Whitman family’s eldest grandson, and I’m just here to help Grandpa with his health. The rest isn’t my concern.”

She glanced sideways at him with one hand on the steering wheel. “This is about business, not feelings. Cyrus, you’re still too soft.”

of thing. “I’m

were plenty of past cases where, during demolitions, people who

but feel uneasy about the people in this urban village. Interacting with them left him with

to handle this. Since you’re already planning to withdraw your investment, go back and talk to Aunt Ophelia about

and snapped his head up. “Are you saying

didn’t support Wynter, it would be the same as stabbing her in the

or not, go talk to her first,” Wynter replied casually. “Before that, contact Mr. Calico. Tell him I’ve completed the site assessment

that I’m in a hurry. If negotiations with the

that I’m interested in that land specifically for the residents in that area. So, he should think carefully about the price for any additional

However, he still didn’t understand why she was so interested in that particular plot of land. It wasn’t worth taking even if

answer was straightforward. “Proceed

message, his thoughts were the same as

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