The Deserted Rich Beauty novel Chapter 1616

Clayton smiled. His tone was warm and modest, but his eyes were not careless at all.

Although Clayton did not deal with any company affairs during his recuperation, it did not mean that h e was ignorant of everything that was happening in the outside world.

Eric's every move, even the smallest change, was within Clayton's grasp.

Clayton clearly had a profound understanding of the situation.

Eric's gloomy eyes swept him a glance. "That won’t happen. Thanks for your concern."

Clayton laughed lightly. He smiled and did not continue to speak.

Since the stalemate was broken, Clayton only needed t o be a spectator in their later conversation.

Nicole impatiently said, "Hurry up and say what you need to. We're in a hurry."

Eric’s face was tense. He pursed his lips and looked at Nicole with eyes that were overflowing with sadness.

"You must hate me to death, right?"

Nicole did not make a sound. She did not agree, nor did she deny it.

Eric lowered his eyes to hide the despondency in them. He let out a light laugh.

"Right. If I were you, I'd hate myself too."

He paused for a few seconds and spoke in a calm, raspy voice.

"When you were taken away, Caleb contacted me to exchange you with Angie. But after I went there, I realized that Caleb didn't intend to exchange hostages. He backtracked on the spot and wanted to use my companies to launder money for him. He wanted me to rope me into the firearms business and make use of my efforts and contacts for his shady business. You're also aware that I have more than just a few corporations. Even after I retired from the military, I'm still secretly sponsoring military development. Otherwise, I wouldn't have so easily gotten military help and mercenary assistance when you were trapped on the island and threatened by those pirates. That's why I couldn't agree to Caleb’s request."

Eric paused and looked at Nicole's expressionless face. The pain of his clenching heart did not ease in the slightest.

“So, I'm sorry. I wanted to stall for some time to renegotiate, but I didn't expect..."

Eric did not expect that Caleb would not give him this opportunity. Since Eric did not care about Nicole at all, Caleb just got the hostage killed as revenge and

punishment.