Ethan continued, "And yes, I will not do 'all time.'"
He scratched it out and said, "But instead, I'll do 'for the rest of your time, Ophelia Tudor.'"
This way, he had removed the possibility of having to keep paying profits to even Ophelia's descendants. He had limited it strictly to her, who was definitely not going to outlive him.
Ophelia's frown deepened as she heard that.
But only worsened when Ethan added, "And finally, you won't just be contributing five hundred thousand gold grits. You'll be paying the full one million reward."
"What?" she exclaimed.
Even Eduardo was shocked and turned briefly toward Ethan.
"Yes," Ethan said calmly.
"I don't like this deal so much, Mr. Ethan," Ophelia said, looking very discontented.
"The way I see it, you're not left with an option, Madam Ophelia. Refusing to take it makes no difference to me."
There was a pause.
