Eye for an Eye (Take a Chance #2)- Lisa Helen Gray Page 0,49
to build on. It used to have a residence there, but it was knocked down in nineteen-sixty-two. It hasn’t been used since then. It has a road that can be restored, and gates can surround the area of land without it ruining the land or view from other owners.”
“I’m sorry to be rude, but what on earth is going on?” Jaxon asks, glancing between Yang and Ru.
“Mr Yang would like to donate the money to have this new build built. Here, with the plans that are drawn out, would not only set you away from your family home, stopping visitors from coming and going, but it would be bigger than what you have now. We can give you a unit that will be hard for anyone to break in.”
“Why would you think we want to move our company?” I ask. “And something of that magnitude would take months, if not over a year to build.”
Jaxon curls his lip at me. “More to the point, why would you do this? What is the catch?”
Mr Yang sits forward, buttoning up his jacket. “Because I do not like being messed with, Mr Hayes. From my understanding, Mr Black nearly drove you to lose your company. I want to make sure that doesn’t happen. This will ensure you get more business and better security. Wasn’t your sister hurt during the break in?”
“Yes, she was, and it won’t happen again. We have taken more measures to make it safe.”
My Yang holds his palms up. “I’m not here to tell you how to run your business. You have no complaints from me. I, too, started from the bottom, and I respect those who do the same. Mr Black, however, I do not, and I would like to make sure he doesn’t get a chance to take it from you. It will affect me also.”
Sitting forward, I clasp my hands together. “Mr Yang, you do not need to spend thousands, if not more, on a new building to keep your art safe. We can dissolve your contract at any time for you, and if we thought you’d ever be at risk, we’d do it without question.”
He shares a smile with Ru before turning back to us. “Which is why I am doing this, Mr Hayes. Please, take our proposals and think them over. We would not be exchanging anything for this… donation. Everything will remain yours and yours only. Or we can merely improve the current location.”
“I can’t promise you anything, Mr Yang. I, personally, don’t feel comfortable with you giving this to us. Not when we haven’t earned it,” Jaxon warns him.
“He’s right. Our brothers might feel the same way about it. What you propose isn’t far from Jaxon’s original plans, so we will think about it.”
I, for one, know Mum was gutted when Jaxon used the land she had hoped a few of us would build homes on. The land has been handed down for generations and is owned outright. It was her plan to make sure it stayed that way.
“That is all I can ask.”
“Is there anything else we should know?” Jaxon asks, taking the papers from Ru as he stands.
“Just that he is a very angry man. His father, much the same. They built their business on blackmail, and Andrew Black is the worst. It seems that… what is that word, Ru?”
“Karma,” she answers, smiling at her boss.
“Yes, that Karma is catching up to him since he met you.”
“Well, thank you for seeing us, and for the offer,” I tell them, still speechless as to what to say.
He bows his head and we make for the door, but Jaxon pauses halfway out, turning around. “Do you know what he uses to blackmail them?”
Yang looks from Ru to us, his eyebrows drawing together. “From the rumours I have heard, he has anything from voice recordings to video recordings to records and photos.”
“And?” I ask when I see him look away.
“And a friend heard through the grapevine that Mr Black has also threatened those closest to his target to get what he wants. I would keep your family very close, gentlemen.”
“Fuck,” Jaxon growls, running his fingers through his hair. I know he’s thinking of Lily and their unborn baby right now, and I don’t blame him. Black has a lot to answer for.
We give one last farewell to Mr Yang and Ru Tang before leaving. Once we step out into the cold air outside the hotel, Jaxon turns to me, his face somewhat pale. “We