Goodbye Forever Ex-Husband (Olivia and Adrian) novel Chapter 86

CHAPTER 086

JULIAN’S POV

“And you’re the guy my staff told me about, so what can I help you with, Mr. Blake?” she said, her attention still focused on her painting.

I took a deep breath, trying to stay calm despite the frustration beginning to simmer beneath the surface. “I don’t know if your staff told you the full story, but there’s some very key information that we would like to access from here, and she said she couldn’t do it, so I came to you,” I said, taking a seat across from her.

“Important information? Are you with the government or the police?” she asked without looking up, her brushstrokes clean and slow.

“No, I’m not,” I replied, leaning forward slightly. “You see, a few…”

“Save it,” she interrupted, not even bothering to glance up. “If you’re not the police, then you have no right to demand any information from my orphanage.”

I clenched my jaw, fighting the urge to raise my voice. “Well, I wasn’t demanding; I’m asking you to grant permission for us to check this information,” I said, trying to keep my tone measured, though it was becoming harder with each passing second.

“And you think I would just say yes?” she replied, her tone cool and detached. “I don’t know either of you, and you want access to our files. For all I know, you might be spies trying to plant a bug in my system and monitor me.”

ed, stunned. “That sounds ridiculous. Why would we want to do that?”

culous as it sounds, it could be true,” she said, her voice finally tinged with emotion, though still calm. “I have a lot of enemies willing to do anything to get k at me. You might be working for one of them.”

rubbed my temples, trying to stay composed. “Well, sorry to burst your bubble, but we‘ re not spies. Neither are we part of any ‘enemy pyramid. I just need this information to help out a very close friend of mine.”

She raised an eyebrow, her attention still on the canvas. “Ok, and I’m 15 years old,” she said, her voice almost teasing.

“Pardon?” I replied, completely thrown off by the sudden change in tone.

“Exactly,” she said, turning her head just enough for me to see the playful glint in her eye. “Everyone can tell lies. You could be lying that you’re not a spy while still being a spy.”

I sighed heavily, my patience we let us do this,” I said, trying to rem

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“My answer remains no,” she said, her voice cold and dismissive. “And I think you’ve overstayed your welcome. Please leave.”

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I stared at her for a long moment, my mind racing for a way around her obstinate. refusal. Why did everyone make things so difficult at first? This woman was refusing to help, all because of some ridiculous spy fantasy.

I let out a small sigh, running my hand through my hair. I had hoped it wouldn’t come to this, but it seemed like I had no other choice.

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I allowed myself a small smirk. As expected, the old woman couldn’t resist such an offer. Who could? No sane person would turn down one million dollars, no matter how sentimental they were about the place. The building didn’t look like it was worth a fraction of that, but it didn’t matter. She was already too excited to think straight.

I stood up, adjusting my shirt as I offered my hand. “It’s a deal,” I said, shaking hers firmly.

She grabbed a pen from her desk and immediately scribbled down the details of her bank account. “Just transfer the funds to my account, and the orphanage is yours,” she said, her voice full of excitement.

I couldn’t help but be a little amused by her eagerness. She was so quick to jump into it now that the money was on the table. The power of money, I thought. It was almost laughable how fast someone could switch sides when the price was right.

“Thank you very much, sir,” she said, her voice now dripping with politeness.

“Sir?” I said, raising an eyebrow in surprise. “You were just calling me a spy a few minutes ago, and now I’m ‘sir‘? The things money can do.” I chuckled softly.

She looked up at me, slightly flustered but still smiling.““I apologize, Mr. Blake. It’s just that… well, this is a huge offer. I didn’t expect anyone would be willing to pay so much.” She paused for a moment, then, as if realizing the shift in power dynamics, added, ” Thank you, sir. I truly appreciate your generosity.”

I shook my head, smiling. “As much as would love for you to continue saying that, my mom raised me well, so please drop the ‘Sir‘ and just call me Julian,” I said, a little smirk tugging at my lips. “No need for all the formalities.”

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She blinked at me, clearly not expecting me to a brief moment, she nodded, a small laugh escaping her lips. “Alright, Julian. I suppose we have a deal then.”