Chapter 191

Chapter 191

Chris nearly saw red. “You-!”

Stephanie didn’t let up. “Sure, you’re the CEO of the Ashford Group, but remind me, who really calls the shots?”

“Shut up!” Chris snapped.

She chuckled. “Your dad may not be showing up at the office much, but tell me how much can you actually move from the company’s accounts? Anything over ten million, doesn’t it need his signature?”

“And now you’re talking about ‘any price‘? Do you even have that kind of money? What do you think your father will say when he finds out you want to drop millions just to buy a recovery retreat for your little sick sweetheart?”

Chris’s head pounded.

This woman–if she wasn’t throwing punches, she was running her mouth.

And honestly, at this point, he’d rather take a hit than listen to her any longer.

Because as infuriating as she was, she wasn’t wrong.

Ever since Olivia came back, financial approvals at the company had changed.

He couldn’t sign off on anything over ten million without his father’s approval.

Hell, even a million–dollar transaction needed a green light from the top.

Chris clenched his jaw. “Fine. Name your price.”

Stephanie scoffed. “I already told you–you can’t afford it. Why keep asking? What now, you planning to take it by force?”

straw. Chris damn near coughed up blood.

up, but considering how hard it was to even get Stephanie on the phone, he forced himself

force? Wow, you really think you’re

“I’m not-”

afford it? That place in Shallow Bay Area? Bare minimum, we’re talking hundred million.”

‘Hundred million!‘

Chris’s face darkened.

the truth was,

breath. “I don’t have

this woman. He’d never realized just how sharp she was. She had

him full control,

cover–his authority

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Chapter 191

“Oh, so you don’t have the money? Then that means you’re asking for

clenched his jaw.

Who did she

just need you to introduce

already run into that man two or three times. Each encounter

had to meet

head. “Still sounds like asking for a favor. And this is how you ask?”

Chris was silent.

a sip of water just as Sebastian pushed the door open. He immediately

she up to now?‘

the line, Stephanie didn’t care. She simply replied, “Begging me won’t work. Whoever wants

that, she hung up. Chris wasn’t her problem

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