It was something about his grandmother!
Michael sat on the sofa and stared at the door. Levi only hesitated for a brief moment before he waved his hand. The two bodyguards let Ava through to the office.
“I don’t have time to listen to your nonsense.” Michael looked irritable and unapproachable. Ava could not get closer to him.
Ava had wanted to try to change his mind, but she knew that it was impossible. So she decided to go straight to the point.
“Eldest Young Master Williams, I have 25 percent of Garcia Corporation’s shares. I want to make a deal with you.”
“You got those shares illegally, and they will take it from you soon. What do you have to trade with me?”
As she had expected, Michael became impatient with her. He lit a cigarette and glanced at the watch on his wrist.
“I can still make transactions with the shares now, but I know that I won’t be able to do that soon.”
Ava knew that time was not on her side. She needed to get a large sum of money before she escaped.
“Eldest Young Master Williams, if you trade with me, I will sell them to you at a low price.”
Michael said nothing. Ava wasted no time and immediately made an offer. “One billion!”
“I know you’ll have a way to handle it. You can sell those shares in the shortest time possible. I’m only asking for one billion, that’s not much.”
“Porter paid ten million for five percent, and you are asking me for one billion for 25 percent. Really?”
Michael snorted coldly; he was not interested in her offer at all. Ava was taken aback; he had known about that!
“I won’t want your shares. It belongs to the Garcia family.”
“Aren’t you dealing with the Garcia family? Eldest Young Master Williams, why did you change your mind? Was it because of Elena?”
Ava did not know anything about the feud between Michael and the Garcia family. She was sure that there was hate between them!
“Are you giving up so soon? Can you let go of the past?”
Michael’s eyes sank, and his fingers tightened around the cigarette. He could not let go of the past!
Something had happened to Elena, and she had yet to be found, so for the last few days, he was so panicked that he almost lost his sanity. It made him lose track of what he was supposed to do. He wanted revenge! How could he let go of the hatred quickly?
When Elena exposed her identity, the Garcia family could finally press charges against Ava. That had helped with the Garcia Corporation’s crisis. They still had to deal with the trunk line contract with Williams Corporation.
If Garcia Corporation decided to pull out from the contract, they would be liable for a high compensation fee, which would be a massive blow to the company. Garcia Corporation would not survive if its shares dropped at that time.
Ava knew that her words resonated with him. She bit her lower lip, and she said, “I’ll only ask for one hundred million!”
One hundred million was enough for her to live extravagantly while she went into hiding. She would not be able to escape if she stayed longer.
She could not look for anyone else. That s*umbag, Porter, could not sell her shares fast enough. Michael might be the only person who could do that for her.
“Eldest Young Master Williams, I am not greedy. I just want to make my life better. I…”
“Why should I make your life easier?”
Michael spun around and stared at her face. His indifferent gaze looked calm, but there were stormy emotions in his eyes that would make anyone uneasy.
“The video about how Joseph and Elena were drugged. Were you the one who took the video?”
“I…” Ava panicked. She did not expect that Michael would still think of that b*tch!
“They… I did not drug them. It was Sasha.”
She felt cold under Michael’s stare, but she had told the truth.
“I took the video, but…Sasha was the one who drugged them.”
Michael walked toward her. Ava knew that she would not be able to seduce him. She was nothing to him. He had treated her well, but he only did it out of pretense.
“Eldest Young Master Williams, I… I don’t understand… Why do you still care about Elena? You have a grudge with the Garcia family, and Elena is Old Master Garcia’s granddaughter!”
Michael stopped abruptly in his tracks. Ava’s breathing labored. One could feel the breath of death when Michael stared at them.
“Eldest Young Master Williams…”
“I won’t touch Garcia Corporation’s shares. Get out!”
Michael turned around and walked to the window to look at the cloudy sky. He had been so anxious for the last three days. It was only then that he realized Elena was his enemy’s granddaughter! Had he forgotten how his grandmother had suffered?
Ava was desperate. Yet, she knew that there was nothing she could do as she stared at his cold back. He was not someone who would go back on his words. He said he would not touch those shares, and that was it. No one could change his decision.
At least she still had ten million dollars on hand. When she thought about that, Ava dared not remain in the room. Just as she walked to the door, she recalled something. She turned around to look at his cold but attractive figure. Ava was upset! Why could she not have the man that everyone wanted? If she could not have him, then he could never belong to the b*tch, Elena!
“Eldest Young Master Williams, don’t forget that Elena is related to your enemy. If you continue to search for her, do you not care about the person who the Garcia family had hurt?”
“Get lost!”
Ava left. She knew that had she stayed, Michael would do something to make her regret her decision. She could not remain in City L. She would spend her remaining years in prison if she stayed.
“Eldest Young Master…” Levi went to Michael after Ava left.
He wanted to make sure that Ava did not influence Michael, but it seemed like the damage was done.
“Eldest Young Master, the matter with the Garcia family…”
“It is up to Porter to do whatever he wants.”
That meant he would not intervene even if Garcia Corporation suffered a substantial loss.
“Eldest Young Master Williams, even if it benefits us in the end, it is detrimental to our reputation.”
Honesty was an essential virtue in business, especially for large corporations like theirs.
They knew that it was a trap and yet they allowed the other party to fall in it. Once that was done, however profitable it might have been, their reputation would be bruised. Furthermore, they had done it to the City L’s Garcia family, whom everyone thought was a decent family.
Fifth Young Master Williams did that to get some profit, but it was not something beneficial to the Williams Corporation in the long run. Would Eldest Young Master Williams really not intervene?
“Since I didn’t get involved in the beginning, then I won’t do so in the future.” Michael sounded cold.
He turned around to look at Levi, and Levi noticed how cold and unapproachable the man had been.
“Withdraw the search party. There’s no need to look for her anymore.”