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In the end, Esther went with Gilbert’s suggestion. However, she did not trade Bradshaw Operation’s projects with Jenny. She
went with the Silveras.
For one, she did not trust the Walters. On the other hand, the Silveras and the Bradshaws were going to be united through
marriage. They deserved to be trusted more.
Gilbert didn’t mind. After all, if anything happened to the Bradshaws, the Silveras would not help. With those projects in hand,
they would only fall further into debt.
The plan was going smoothly. Gilbert had not gone to see Marigold once. He knew that before subduing the Bradshaws, going to
visit Marigold would only endanger her.
After all, Marigold was safe. Nothing had happened, and Caleb was growing up healthily.
One month later, things began to feel off in Bradshaw Operations.
Esther was feeling antsy. She prodded Gilbert to ask if there was anything wrong with it.
“Oh. I forgot to tell you that the project can’t be done. The land beneath the surface is heavy metal. There is no way to build
anything on it,” Gilbert said indifferently.
Esther shook. She couldn’t believe her ears. “What did you just say?”
“Didn’t you see the news? The reporters have covered it. That land is barren, ” Gilbert said, looking like the perfect picture of
innocence.
“You...” Esther was so angry that she wanted to pummel him, but Gilbert would not just let her hit him. She placed a hand on her
chest and looked at him in disbelief. “Did you know about this? Did you plan this with Alec? But that can’t be right. He invested
money into it. If he’d done that, he’d be the one to suffer losses.”
Esther couldn’t figure it out, so Gilbert helped her. “The Fausts had not given out a single penny. They’d used the money that
Bradshaw Operations had invested into clearing the land.”
“You...Oh!” Esther was foaming at the mouth.
Gilbert and Alec had long discovered that the land was unusable. That was why they built their scheme around it and claimed
that there was great potential investing in it. It was all just a ruse to make Esther cough up the money and make a huge profit
later on.
But in reality, that plot of land was barren.
It took a long time for Esther to recover. With reddened eyes, she glared at Gilbert. “Why? Why are you doing this?”
“There’s nothing much to it. I never wanted to be part of the Bradshaws. You just had to invoke my wrath.” If the Bradshaws
hadn’t suddenly attacked him, he wouldn’t have come up with such a time-consuming plot to destroy them. Gilbert no longer kept
up with the pretense. He said,” Didn’t you want to know why I’d gone missing for all these years? Why don’t you investigate your
son, Eli? If he hadn’t made me follow him back then, I wouldn’t have gotten lost.”
“What?” Esther didn’t quite know how to react.
Gilbert did not plan on explaining further. He’d already said enough. If Esther just took the time to investigate, she would find it
out on her own. Of course, he didn’t want Esther to take revenge on Eli for making him go missing. It no longer meant anything.
“You’d better watch out. The Bradshaws are no longer like before.” The Bradshaws were on the verge of bankruptcy. The money
that they owed the Silveras was due anytime soon.
Besides selling off their properties, there was nothing else that the Bradshaws could do. Gilbert could already predict what would
happen to them. In this state, they were no longer a threat to him. He could finally live the life that he wanted all along.
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