The Second Life of a Discarded Heiress

Chapter 229

Five percent of the shares? What, does he think I'm a beggar?

Making Vitaflux is an excruciatingly complex process. Every ingredient has to be measured with surgical precision-down to six decimal points-and each pill costs her a tremendous amount of energy and focus.

In recent years, The Jensen Group has lost much of its former glory. Five percent of its shares aren't even worth more than five hundred million dollars at this point.

And yet, here was the mighty head of The Jensen Group, haggling away with a metaphorical meat cleaver, slashing prices like he was at a cutthroat garage sale. Citrine had never seen this kind of penny-pinching alpha male before.

What made it almost funny was that, in Phelps's mind, his own father's life apparently wasn't worth more than five percent of the company.

With someone so stingy, Citrine started to wonder if he was really serious about saving Elbert at all.

She let out a soft laugh, her refusal crisp and certain. "Mr. Jensen, even if you gave me ten percent of the shares, I still wouldn't be able to help you."

Pressing his lips together, he tried again. "Ms. Carmichael, I know my father's attitude toward you was out of line that day. I apologize on his behalf, and I

sister. "Mr. Jensen, I'm the kind of person who

expected a teenager to be this hard to sway. Running out of options, he played the friendship card. "Ms. Carmichael, could you do me this favor for the sake of all

with you today is out of

weren't going to work on

it was obvious to her that Phelps didn't feel the same way. If he truly cared about Manley, he

seemingly out of

Phelps replied, taken aback. He

but said nothing

that this kid had seen right through him.

gone, Manley turned to Citrine, his voice tentative. "Citrine, are you upset with me?" Phelps

relationship with your brother. And I also know that