Ethan''s words left everyone in the scene absolutely dumbfounded.


    Their jaws dropped, they couldn''t believe what they just heard.


    The manager  gazes at Ethan and the look on his face shows he''s not messing around.


    However the manager couldn''t contain herself and burst outughing, her belly jiggling like a bowl full of jelly.


    "Oh, Ethan, you''re such a character!"


    She chortled, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes.


    "You really had me going there for a second, I thought you were serious not knowing you are just trying to pull out legs, funny you"


    But Ethan''s face was as serious as a heart attack. He looked at the manager with dead eyes. He couldn''t believe she was taking what he just said as a joke.


    He said.


    "I''m not kidding , what I said just now is true and I meant every bit of it."


    he pointed at the man from earlier.


    "This crap is trying to take advantage of Naomi. If I buy this whole ce, she won''t have to deal with his garbage anymore."


    However Deep down, Ethan is doing it also because he knows it''s another golden opportunity to get Another big investment and get system point also.


    "If I y my cards right, I could make a killing out of this."


    He said to himself, rubbing his hands together gleefully.


    At that moment Everyone in the restaurants was stunned into silence to the point  a pin could be heard when it dropped.


    They couldn''t believe he repeated the word again and this time he was confident about it.


    Ethan then  turned to Naomi, his eyebrows raised.


    "Would that be okay with you?"


    he asked, his voice as casual as if he were asking her about the weather.


    Naomi was still  shocked by what Ethan said  earlier, she opened and closed her mouth like a fish out of water.


    She couldn''t find the words to respond to his question.


    "There''s no way he''s serious about this,"


    She thought, her mind reeling.


    "I mean, sure, he''s rted to Lady Madison, bute on. No kid his age has that kind of money, he spent a lot on my grandfather  and he bought  a house of seven million dors now he wants the whole estate, that isn''t possible."


    But she didn''t want to bruise Ethan''s ego again because she doesn''t want to sound as if she is disrespecting him, so she just managed to fake augh and said.


    "Oh, I''ve got this under control. But thanks for trying to help me!"


    But Deep down, she knows Ethan can''t pull it off so she wants to use this as an escape route for him and she prays he understands and stops here without pushing it any further.


    The manager, still chuckling, decided to y along because she understands what Naomi was trying to do.


    "Well, Mr Ethan, I hate to burst your bubble, but this little slice of paradise is worth over two billion dors. That''s if the owners would even want to sell for that amount, so you see Mr Ethan , the estate is damn expensive"


    The manager was hoping the price would scare Ethan away  and save themselves the stress.


    However Ethan didn''t move a beat he understands what they were trying to do and Naomi seemed to be afraid also.


    However he doesn''t me her, how can a boy as young as him have such an amount of money he''s spending.


    without  wasting anymore time he said


    "Then I bet the owners would jump at the chance to sell for three billion."


    he said, his eyes twinkling with mischief.


    Upon hearing what Ethan just said some of them almost lost their bnce, They stared at Ethan like he''d grown a second head.


    The man who''d been giving Naomi a hard time earlier piped up,  he couldn''t take the nonsense anymore, his voice dripping with disdain.


    "Just who the hell do you think you are, kid?"


    he sneered, looking Ethan up and down like he was a piece of gum stuck to his shoe.


    Ethan just smiled, cool as a cucumber.


    "Let''s just say that if I buy this ce, you can kiss your property goodbye because I''m buying everything as well,"


    he said, his voice as sweet as honey.


    Then he gazes at Naomi.


    "Has he signed the document yet"


    Naomi was still too surprised to answer right away, she just shook her head, and with a low voice she said.


    " The money has been paid but the documents hasn''t been signed yet"


    Ethan nodded.


    "Good!"


    The manager''s eyes nearly bugged out of her head.


    " Mr Ethan, are you serious?, you really  want  to buy the whole estate"


    she asked, her voice shaking.


    Ethan just nodded, with a smug grin on his face.


    The man  couldn''t help but burst outughing, his cackles echoing off the walls.


    "This kid''s delusional!"


    he howled, tears started streaming down his face.


    "No way a little punk like him has that kind of cash. What family in their right mind would give a brat like him billions of dors to throw around?"


    Naomi, too, was having a hard time believing Ethan was for real.


    "He''s just bluffing,"


    she thought, biting her lip.


    "But I can''t let him reveal his connection to Lady Madison either. That''ll just make his life a living hell."


    She said to herself knowing how big mouth Ethan was.


    Ethan didn''t respond to the man, but he  turned to the manager.


    "Call the owners. Right now. I''ll buy this ce on the spot."


    he said, his voice as firm as steel.


    The manager, her hands started shaking, decided  to give Ethan the benefit  of the doubt.


    She brought out her phone and dialed the owners'' number.


    After a brief conversation,her face was pale then she faced Ethan.


    "They said no deal,"


    she mumbled, not meeting Ethan''s eyes.


    "They don''t want to sell, not even for three billion."


    At that moment Ethan just shrugged.


    "Then I will make it four billion,"


    he said, as casual as could be.


    The scene immediately erupted in chaos. People were shouting, their voices ovepping in a cacophony of disbelief and confusion they didn''t understand what Ethan was trying to do.


    The owners, still on the phone, were sputtering and choking, unable to believe their ears.


    But Ethan wasn''t done. He held up his hand, silencing the scene.n/?/vel/b//in dot c//om


    " I will pay Five billion dors,"


    he said, his voice ringing out like a bell.


    "And I''ll pay it all upfront. No installments, no funny business. Five billion, all in one go"


    The owner who was still on the phone went dead silent.


    Then after some seconds of quietness, a trembling voice came through the speaker.


    "five billion? Upfront? You''re not pulling our legs?"


    Ethan just grinned, his eyes sparkling he knew  he had gotten a breakthrough.


    "As serious as a heartbeat."


    he said, his voice as smooth as silk. "So what do you say? Do we have a deal?"