The Queen They Buried

Chapter 576

Chapter 576

Aubree didn’t beat around the bush. She knew the gold mine was on David’s land, and Ethan had already mentioned that David and the

village chief had some kind of arrangement.

It wasn’t hard to figure out that the village chief probably promised David some perks to keep the gold mine under wraps.

“I’m right, the village chief has already made a deal with Wilson Group from Rithol City. My guess is, they’re letting Wilson Group take the lion’s share of the gold mine, and Wilson Group will be in charge of the mining,” Aubree said.

“It’s got nothing to do with me. Like I said, I’ll just pretend I don’t know anything about the gold mine, and whatever profits you make, there’s no need to give me any.” David replied.

He figured that as long as he didn’t take any profit and kept his head down, it had nothing to do with him, be it good or bad.

Aubree replied, “Mr. Molina, aren’t you being a little too naive?

just keep quiet, that makes you an accomplice. Mining without a permit is illegal. Do you really think you won’t

took a drag from his cigarette, ash scattering to the floor. He asked, “With the village chief cozying up to someone as powerful as Bryan, do you think you can stop

the project to redevelop Ridgehaven Town so that he can use it as

handed David the prepared demolition agreement. The compensation offered

rate.

wasn’t sarcastic. He knew that even if everyone in

coming from. She explained, “David, like I said, mining without a permit is illegal. Forget all the other shady stuff the village chief has done over the years. Just this gold mine thing alone is enough to get him kicked out as the

the village chief is out of the picture, nothing else really

another drag from

condition that if the village chief is still safe and sound after ten

David

owned a large orchard, and the compensation plus the demolition payout added up to a pretty hefty sum that would be enough for his whole family to leave Ridgehaven Town and Mistmere behind, and

a hint of relief in his voice. ‘It’s time to move

approach and went

else. She just told them that the village chief’s refusal to approve the demolition wasn’t for their sake at all,

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