Chapter 524
Chapter 524:
The bank processed her request with mechanical efficiency, sending an agent to investigate her personal assets. By the next day, the results were in.
The agent said crisply, “Ms. Haynes, you currently own a villa and an office building. The villa is valued at three million, and the office building at two point three billion. Given your holdings, are you sure you still need a loan p>
Gabriela blinked. For a moment, she thought she had misheard.
What office building?
The only asset she had was her villa, the one she had wrestled back from Marie at great cost.
“There must be a mistake,” she said, her voice cutting through the room. “I don’t own any office building p>
The agent’s expression didn’t waver. “Lakeshore Building is registered under your name. Thirty-one floors. Current valuation: two point three billion p>
𝘞𝘦 𝘶p𝖽𝖺𝘵e 𝖾ve𝗿𝘺 𝗐𝗲е𝗄 о𝗻 ѕ.𝖼𝗼m
Gabriela’s mind spun.
Lakeshore Building? The same building where her company rented space and paid nearly a million in rent each year. And now, it belonged to her?
How was that possible?
The agent suggested, “Ms. Haynes, perhaps you should speak with the building’s manager p>
As Gabriela stepped out of the bank, her thoughts spun in confusion.
Could it be that her mother had left her not only the villa and the company, but also an entire office building?
Lakeshore Building wasn’t the crown jewel of Okburg, but it generated more than three hundred million in rent every year.
With that steady stream of income, Gabriela could live in comfort for the rest of her life.
Raising Truett would be effortless. She wouldn’t have to worry about a single thing.
Without hesitation, she made her way straight to the management office of Lakeshore Building and asked to see the manager.
His name was Brett Sugden.
After the receptionist delivered her request, Brett brushed it aside, saying he was too busy to waste time on a mere nobody, and refused to see Gabriela.
The disdain in the receptionist’s tone was unmistakable.
She knew Gabriela, the young CEO of the struggling company on the fifth floor. Rumors had been swirling that Haynes Group had just suffered a major project collapse, and their partner had skipped out. Was Gabriela here to beg for a rent extension?
If so, how pitiful.
Gabriela’s expression hardened. She pulled a chair close and sat down firmly in the lobby. “Please tell Brett that if he doesn’t see me today, I’ll sell this building tomorrow p>
The building was valued at two point three billion. Even at a discounted price of two billion, it was still enough to secure a lifetime of ease.
The receptionist almost laughed out loud.
Sell this building?
Did Gabriela truly think she could toss around a property worth billions like poker chips? Unbelievable.
Yet the fire in Gabriela’s eyes gave her pause. This wasn’t an empty threat. The receptionist, unsettled despite herself, reluctantly relayed Gabriela’s words to Brett.