At eight the following morning, Davis returned with a legal and financial team.
The documentation was examined.
The funding was verified.
The contracts were prepared.
At ten minutes past noon, the transaction was completed.
STERLING TOWER: OWNERSHIP TRANSFERRED.
Davis had acquired one of the city's most prestigious commercial properties.
The system chimed.
[MISSION COMPLETED.]
[REWARD UNLOCKED: TENFOLD CASHBACK MULTIPLIER.]
[BONUS REWARD: COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PORTFOLIO.]
[BONUS REWARD: £50,000,000 IN SYSTEM-GENERATED INVESTMENT CAPITAL.]
Davis suppressed a smile.
He had entered the hotel as a young man whom the receptionist barely wanted to acknowledge.
He was leaving as the owner of Sterling Tower.
Isabella approached him near the elevators.
"Mr. Blackwood, I owe you an apology."
"For what?"
"For assuming you couldn't afford the property."
Davis smiled.
"Apology accepted."
She extended her hand.
"I hope we can do business again."
He shook it.
"I suspect we will."
As he walked away, Isabella watched him leave.
She had met wealthy heirs, ruthless investors, and ambitious entrepreneurs.
But there was something unusual about Davis.
He didn't behave like a man desperate to impress her.
He behaved like someone who had already decided what his future would look like.