An Arrogant Offer

Seeing that Desmond had uncovered the news, Cecelia feigned an innocent expression and said, "Mr. Croft, I don't understand what you're implying. How could I possibly predict the government's plans? There's no way I could have known about this in advance."

"You didn't know? Then what's this?"

Desmond tossed another newspaper onto the table in front of her and said, "Natural spring discovered in