Chapter 320

The man pulled out his phone right after speaking and made a call. "Hey, Xiao Liu, look into that 'Happy Desserts' place for me. I wanna buy it—right now." The store manager remained calm, even smiling a little. "You're free to try." A few moments later, the assistant called back. "Mr. Collins, turns out Happy Desserts is backed by the Evans Group. I'm afraid a buyout's not really an option..." "What? The Evans Group?" The man froze, completely stunned. He may have done alright in business over the years, but next to a giant like the Evans Group? He couldn’t even compete, let alone go toe-to-toe with them. Just then his wife piped up, all fired up, "Well? Did we get it? 'Cause if we did, the first thing I’m doing is firing that smug store manager. Who does she think she is—" "Enough! Just stop talking!" he snapped. Talk about getting burned—this was a total faceplant. The store manager looked at them and asked with a raised brow, "Still planning to buy out our store?" The man’s face st