A Man and Woman Alone

After sending off Ernst, Xia Fei only felt his whole body lighten. After all, it was not easy to have rejected a tempting offer, not to mention that it involved Avril and the entirety of Starlink Corporation. The offer was indubitably a priceless transaction—something that anyone would go crazy over.

Phantom was shaking his head like a rattle. "You're mad. Absolutely insane. Why would you reject such a wonderful offer?"

Xia Fei lit a cigarette and calmly replied, "Avril isn't an object or good; she should not be used as part of a transaction. Imagine you are Ernst; would you have given the company forged by the countless generations before to a complete stranger you've only met once?"