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?

family might pull something shady using your name. If you know what’s going on and just keep quiet, that makes you an accomplice. Mining without

from his cigarette, ash scattering to the floor. He asked, “With the village chief cozying up to someone as powerful as Bryan,

that easy. He’ll ask the village chief to help him secure the project to redevelop Ridgehaven Town so that he can use it as a cover for mining. As long as the rest

stepped forward and handed David the prepared demolition agreement. The compensation offered was fair, based on the

rate.

does that mean you’ll actually get the project?” David asked. His tone wasn’t sarcastic. He knew that even if everyone in

is illegal. Forget all the other shady stuff the village chief has done over the

is out of the picture, nothing

took another drag from his

the village chief

David visibly

a pretty hefty sum that would be enough for his whole

relief in his voice. ‘It’s

same approach and went around visiting the other

avoid any unnecessary trouble, she didn’t breathe a word about the gold mine to anyone else. She just told them that the village chief’s refusal to approve the demolition wasn’t for their sake at all, and that he was just

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