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 a permit is illegal. Do you really think you won’t get into any trouble if things go

He asked, “With the village chief cozying up to someone as powerful as Bryan, do you

response, “Bryan might want to mine the gold, but it’s not 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 of you

demolition agreement. The compensation offered was

rate.

the project?” David asked. His tone wasn’t sarcastic. He

where he was 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

is out of the picture,

took another drag from

that if the village chief is still safe and sound

this, David

hefty sum that would be enough for his whole family to leave Ridgehaven Town and Mistmere

David finally agreed, a hint of relief in his voice. ‘It’s time to move

agreement in hand, Aubree used the same approach and went

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

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