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Everyone laughed. Avery Graham's Cake Shop was so successful that she even opened a branch, yet she still fretted over a little bit of rent. It was quite humorous—especially since she had enough money to buy a house.
But Avery argued that all the money for buying a house was invested in opening the branch. Where would she find the money to buy a house? She also said that Carolline Ruiz's house was empty anyway, so giving a symbolic rent was like making an investment.
Now that Avery was a business owner, she naturally took an interest in investments and finance, so nobody said much more about it. After all, it seemed that the wealthy always were frugal; and Avery was obviously aiming to make a fortune.
Celia Wade thought about these friends when she got on the plane, feeling a bit nostalgic. It was Ryan Parker who consoled her, "Fortunately, Kyoto is not far from G City. It's just over an hour by plane. Whenever we want to come back, we can always return, right?"
