Chapter 169
Before he left, he glanced back at the man and Miranda. His gaze lingered on each of them for a moment, finally settling on Miranda. His lips moved slightly, his expression cool and composed.
After a brief pause, he looked away and strode out of the room, a crowd trailing behind him.
Miranda frowned. Though the man hadn’t spoken aloud, she was able to read the words from his lips.
It was in the language of Ardenza, four words.
“See you next time.”
He directed those words at Miranda, and in his eyes, there was a hint of amusement mixed with danger.
Clearly, he was more intrigued by Miranda than the man who had been bidding against him. And that interest was both dangerous and potentially lethal.
Miranda had caught his lip movements, but her face remained indifferent. She showed no reaction to his
ominous farewell.
“He stopped, probably because he ran out of money,” Miranda commented.
The man beside her, his lips curved slightly beneath his mask. “I figured.”
Miranda chuckled. “Then why are you playing the fool?”
“Who says I’m the fool?” he replied, a slight frown on his brows.
Jasper, overhearing their conversation, was utterly baffled. Had he missed something here?
He was sure he hadn’t missed anything, yet suddenly their words were making no sense to him. And had Miranda recognized who he was? When did that happen?
Listening to their exchange, Jasper suddenly felt like he was being left out. Wasn’t he supposed to be part of all this?
“Is that possible he doesn’t have money?” Jasper couldn’t help but interject.
Someone like that, lacking cash? Unlikely. He must be able to come up with millions easily.
Miranda just gave a sidelong glance at the man next to her, raising an eyebrow. “You’d have to ask him then.”
Jasper was like, “??”
What sort of cryptic nonsense was this? Why was he the only one out of the loop?
“Ask you?”
The man shot Jasper a cold glance, prompting Jasper to promptly shut his mouth.
“Our country’s been cracking down on fraud recently. Every bank here has put limits on how much can be withdrawn from foreign accounts. Even the big international banks have had their withdrawal limits slashed. In simple terms, he has the money, but he can’t access it quickly within our borders. It’s a tedious process, though he can move it from abroad. But clearly, he doesn’t want to go through that hassle.”
After he explained, Jasper started to piece things together. The guy wasn’t broke; he just couldn’t access his funds quickly enough.
“You figured that out too?” Jasper asked Miranda.
Miranda shrugged. “No much, just a guess. It’s obvious he’s not short on cash. If he stopped bidding, it wasn’t out of courtesy; it was just inconvenient for him to pull more funds right now.”
“Smart.”
Jasper was at loss for words. Why did he suddenly feel like the odd one out?
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Chapter 169
Miranda turned to the man beside her. “You seem to know who he is?”
“Yeah.”
He offered no further details, and Miranda didn’t press him. But then, he chose to add more on his own.
