Richest Mogul

Chapter 2009

Sterling had been set up for the first time, by a woman.

"Tell me who you are first." His voice was laced with fury. If Sterling had his way, Vivian's neck would already be snapped.

The sheer audacity of negotiating with him! She must have a death wish.

Vivian saw the murderous intent in his eyes. "I know you want to kill me. Maybe even my entire family. But forget it. Even if you throw everything you have, you won't be able to touch us.

"As for me? Kill me, and the negative item's backlash will drive you mad. Sooner or later, the mighty Bowman family will crumble, and you'll have nothing."

"You!" Sterling was livid. He had never expected such a crushing defeat.

"Fine. What are your terms?" He ground the words out, already planning how she would pay for this threat.

Vivian exhaled slowly, fighting the weakness in her limbs. She could still move, but running was no longer an option.

Her only option was to stall Sterling long enough. "First, give me five million dollars. Second, arrange a carriage to take me safely out of here. Meet these terms, and I'll lift the backlash."

chuckle. "You've got guts, demanding

you are wealthy beyond measure. A mere five million is nothing to someone like you."

the negative item? Were you both in on this from the start? Was this some scheme to rob

his domain. His plans were meticulous, his influence absolute. Every pawn moved at his command. Yet today, a mere trickster

item that once empowered him had cursed him from

He cursed it—and her.

eyes glinted. She hadn't even considered this angle, but now that

eyes flickered as she spoke, a hint of false admiration in her voice. "Mr. Bowman, you see right through

Fine, I agree to your terms. Now lift the backlash,"

her head. "I'm not that foolish. If I help you now, I'll leave this

in her chair and closed her

back. Her strength was waning fast. If not for her fear of Sterling noticing, her

gritted his teeth and relented. He ordered his men to prepare five million

she left the mansion,

had been right-this method was something she could only use once in her lifetime. It

her energy. It was a strategy that harmed

it was the only solution she had. There was no other way