Chapter 44

Sarah was now the center of Natalie's world. Natalie would say yes to almost everything Sarah liked, said, or did. Hence, Natalie agreed to stay at Lucian's place for the time being. In the afternoon, Carmen brought the renovation workers over to see the villa in the southern district in person. The contractor provided an approximate estimation of the renovation costs. "80 million dollars?" Natalie was shocked when she heard that number. "You're better off robbing a bank for that money!" Carmen complained as well. "The charges are listed clearly in the list. I wasn't raising prices on purpose. See for yourselves. The current cost of renovation in Haxson City is right there. Also, we're in an affluent neighborhood, so the renovations should look the part, right?" the contractor explained. The people Scarlet hired were nothing short of vicious. They not only destroyed the villa's interior decorations and roof, but one of the walls was also cracked all the way through. That wasn't