Spending 520 million to buy a piece of land and build an amusement park, when you calculate all the expenses, it’s no less than 1. 5 billion. It was a laborious and time-consuming endeavor, all for the sake of entertaining his own wife.
“Mr. Burns really knows how to spoil his wife.”
“They are a perfect match, both in talent and beauty.”
“If I were Elisa, I would probably have fainted from happiness by now. When will I ever meet a man like him?”
Elisa had no idea how she was being discussed at the moment. If she knew the previous sentence, she would have scoffed and thought, “You should be glad you’re not me.”
Suffering from advanced-stage stomach cancer, losing her family and home, being treated like an inflatable doll and humiliated, she lived a life that was neither human nor ghost. Yet, there were still people who envied her?
Elisa didn’t enjoy interviews, and facing the flashlights made her fearful. Her pale complexion appeared somewhat transparent under the glare of the lights. She squinted and hid behind Hamish, a scene that was captured and posted online as a shy gesture.
While dealing with the reporters, Hamish glanced at the hand gripping his arm, it was tight. Elisa rarely held onto him so firmly, her strength trembling.
With a precise and accurate motion, Hamish reached out and held Elisa’s hand. His warm palm enveloped her cold fist tightly.
With a single glance from Hamish, the bodyguards cleared a path, and Hamish led Elisa away from the venue, hand in hand.
After getting into the car, Hamish opened a bottle of water and handed it to Elisa.
Elisa would get dry mouth when she was nervous. She concealed her anxiety with a calm exterior, but inside, she was in chaos, like a tangled bundle of thread, the more she tried to sort it out, the messier it became. After taking a few sips of cold water, she managed to suppress the restlessness in her heart.
“Why?” Elisa asked hoarsely.
“Why what?” Hamish teased, looking at her knowingly.
“Why did you buy that piece of land and say in front of the reporters that it was for building an amusement park for me to play?”
“I just suddenly wanted to give you a gift. Are you satisfied with this gift?”
A land worth 520 million and a project costing over 1 billion, and it was just a gift to make her happy?
“Aren’t you afraid that Lila will get jealous and cause trouble for you?”
“If she’s jealous, why do you need to think so much?”
Elisa asked thoughtfully, “Is this land really for me?”
“The name on it is yours. If not for you, then who?”
“If it’s really mine, can I do whatever I want with it?”
Hamish remained silent, and Elisa smiled mischievously, her brows and eyes playful. “I’ll sell this land one day. Why build an amusement park? It’s a waste of time and energy. It takes a long time to build a theme park, and even after it’s built, there’s no guarantee she’ll be able to enjoy it. It’s better to turn it into cash for her. Five hundred million is enough for her to do many things.”
Hamish was taken aback, clearly not expecting Elisa to say such things. “Elisa, when other women hear that I’m building a theme park for you and are moved, aren’t you moved at all?”
“I am moved. I love you so much, how could I not be moved?”
“I love you,” Elisa said naturally, smoothly finishing the sentence without any pause.
Hamish hadn’t heard her say “I love you” in a long time. Hearing it suddenly, it was like a pebble falling into a calm water, creating ripples upon ripples.
Elisa continued, “Your love, however, is cold and gloomy.” Hamish thought he must have misunderstood, but when he looked at her, there was nothing in her expression other than indifference, let alone any trace of affection.
A nameless anger suddenly ignited in his chest, making him restless. Hamish stopped looking at her; he was afraid that if he continued, he wouldn’t be able to restrain himself from getting rough with Elisa.
“If you’re moved, then keep it. Don’t even think about selling or cashing it out.”
Elisa stared at him with a smile, she may be sick, but she hadn’t lost her sanity.
Hamish figured out what she was thinking with just a little deeper thought. That piece of land wasn’t completely transferred to her name, so she didn’t have the authority to do as she pleased.
In front of the reporters, Hamish had said that he was building the amusement park for her, butin reality, it was just a marketing tactic, a way for him to gain popularity. Now, it was trending online, with people praising their loving relationship and calling Hamish a good man.
The land had just been purchased, and the amusement park was not yet built, but it was already receiving a lot of attention. On the day the park was completed, many people would come, and it might even become a popular spot for couples to visit.
How calculating he was.
Hamish looked at Elisa’s changing expression, from contemplation to irony, and then something seemed to cross his mind. His gaze grew colder, and a hint of mockery appeared at the corner of his mouth.
It had only been a few seconds, but Hamish’s mood seemed to fluctuate with Elisa’s expression.
Elisa’s eyes grew cold, and she stared at the water in her hand. Slowly and deliberately, she said, “Hamish, when I was in the hospital, I could still feel everything. I knew you were working and making phone calls. I knew what documents you were looking at. I even knew that you had been planning to buy this land from the beginning. I also knew that there were two options back then, a resort or an amusement park.”