Just when Floyd was torn, Clayton’s phone rang. Clayton's expression changed when he saw the number.
Clayton stood up, excused himself, and walked out to answer the phone.
Floyd looked at Nicole with difficulty.
Nicole's expression was light. She could not see what Floyd was thinking because her mind was not there.
Kai also did not know about Floyd's dilemma.
In less than half a minute, Clayton walked in with a gentle face and waved toward Lil Michael.
"Susan wants to talk to you. Come and take this call."
Susan was Lil Michael’s maid.
Lil Michael frowned as he went over. 'Why didn’t Susan contact me directly?’
He looked at his empty wrist. 'Oh, right... My watch just fell into the swimming pool!'
The boy followed Clayton out the door.
When he reached out to take the phone, Clayton did not give it to him. Instead, Clayton's smile somewhat faded.
"Just now, there’s a foreign transaction that came
from you that's $880 million. What did you buy?"
Lil Michael lazily squinted his eyes. "Daddy, you tricked me to come out just to say this?"
Clayton glared at him. "Isn’t this amount worth asking?"
Lil Michael replied, "I just bought a New Year's gift."
Clayton asked dubiously, "For me?"
The boy smiled slyly. "Daddy, what do you think?"
Obviously not!
Clayton looked at his son, speechless.
"It's for Pretty Lady, of course!"
When Clayton heard that it was for Nicole, his face instantly softened.
"What did you buy?"
Lil Michael’s eyes rolled around playfully. “A black pearl necklace!"
Clayton's face stiffened.
"So, you're the mysterious big shot?!"
$880 million for a black pearl necklace.
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