The king was now calm as he gave some thought to what his wife had just suggested.


    "Even so, we need to figure out how they uncovered this information about us!" he snapped, his frustration bubbling over. "Drug trafficking and everything else has been carried out inplete secrecy for over a decade. No one’s ever gotten close to finding out until now!" His jaw tightened as his mind raced. The thought of some outsiders showing up and threatening to dismantle everything he had built from the ground up was unbearable.


    "We can deal with thatter. But for now, we have to let them build whatever they want to build here. Otherwise, we’ll lose everything we’ve worked hard for."


    The king took a seat on his bed, rubbing his temple in frustration. He’d never expected the day to turn out this way.


    He had only wanted to listen to Xander’s business proposal out of courtesy, and now he was being cornered and threatened.


    "Fine," he said after a long pause, his voice tight with reluctant eptance. "I’ll give them the permissions they want, including the security. It’s better than losing everything we’ve worked so hard to build."


    "And while they’re doing that, you order your henchmen to find the original evidence they have and kill all the victims who dared to turn their back on us," Jelzem suggested. "When all the evidence they have is destroyed, we get rid of them and throw their body into the ocean of another city so it won’t be linked back to us."


    "This is why you’re my favorite queen. You always know how toe up with the best ideas," the kingplimented as he walked up to her and pecked her softly on the cheeks.


    "If it wasn’t for me, you wouldn’t be able to solve any of your issues."


    "I can’t argue that at all."


    Unbeknownst to them, someone had been listening to their conversation since they entered their room.


    With a deep breath, the person left the scene.


    <i>The next day</i>


    Anastasia, Xander, and Samantha arrived, and just as they’d expected, the king and queen gave them what they wanted.


    The king also proposed they stay in one of his other properties instead of the hotel where they would spend money.


    The offer was suspicious, and thankfully, Xander declined the offer.


    They also noticed that the king and queen were a lot nicer than the previous day.


    Anastasia couldn’t shake the feeling that they were up to something. It made sense—they had every reason to be plotting something.


    After everything was finalized, the king gave themnd where they could build their baby factory.


    However, Xander hit them with another proposal.


    "If you don’t mind, I would like to advertise my work here," he said.


    "What do you mean?" Thus questioned with a raised eyebrow.


    "I’m willing to offer money to girls who don’t mind being surrogate mothers to my clients here," he exined.


    The king could see that his proposal was a surprise as Samantha and Anastasia both turned to look at Xander with a questionable look.


    However, they didn’t stop him.


    The king and queen shared a look as they silently gritted their teeth.


    "Isn’t that going to draw unwanted attention towards you? You do realize what you’re doing is illegal—"


    "That’s where your protectiones in," Xander replied.


    The king red at him so hard that if looks could kill, he would be six feet under the ground already.


    But he shrugged it off like it was nothing.


    "You’re going to ask your people about recruiting. If you want, you can make it private or public. It all depends on you."


    With gritted teeth, the king replied, "I’ll handle it."


    Several other things were taken into consideration and when they were done, Anastasia decided to take a stroll around the pce.


    Thend was vast so it was difficult to cover half of it before she started sweating profusely. Even so, she didn’t stop.


    Then she saw Izara walking in her direction.


    "You should leave here as soon as possible," the girl ordered.</subtxt>