The Ex-Wife's Burning Elegance novel Chapter 1535

"The Gardner family approached us directly," Henley explained. "They not only offered to cover our penalty for breaking the contract, but they also promised us the mining rights to one of their mineral veins for five years."

Five years of mining rights to a mineral vein! Few families could resist such an offer. The only reason most avoided associating with the Gardners was because the benefits weren't compelling enough. Once the stakes were high enough, they would walk through fire, or even stab each other in the back.

Of course, the Gardners weren't fools; they didn't usually offer such extravagant terms just to secure a partnership. But this time was different. They were willing to offer five years of mining rights as compensation for long-term partners like the Holloway family to backstab The Burton Group. Otherwise, a family like the Holloways, with years of partnership with The Burton Group, would never abandon them for a minor gain. This was tantamount to betrayal. However, the offer from the Gardner family was simply too tempting.

The Holloway family had held an internal meeting and, remarkably, the vote was unanimous. This showed just how irresistible the Gardner family's conditions were.

Sellers listened in silence. After a long pause, he said, "Henley, thank you for telling me this."

After he hung up, Sherman couldn't help but ask, "Uncle, what's going on?"

Sellers explained the situation to him. Upon hearing it, Sherman exclaimed angrily, "The Gardner family is really willing to bleed themselves dry just to steal our contracts!"

"To us, it might seem like a huge expense," Sellers said, his face impassive. "But to the Gardner family, it's probably just another business deal."

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