COOL, RIGHT?
Author: GHOSTWRITER
last update Last Updated: 2023-12-18 17:35:52
"That's more like what I want to hear," Layla grins sinisterly. "Well," she tilts her head as if in thought. "That punk blew up my car, causing me to sustain these injuries.

"If that wasn't enough, he also extorted four hundred thousand from us," she stares back at Isabella. "I'm not going to ask for much. Just 1.5 million."

"What?! 1.5 million?" Isabella and the rest of the Cadens exclaim simultaneously.

"It's just 1.5 million, why are you guys shouting? I thought you are a powerful family, shouldn't a mere 1.5 million be insignificant to you?" Layla taunts.

'1.5 million, insignificant?' Isabella feels like she wants to cry blood. In the past, 1.5 million might have been nothing to her but now, the family company is facing a crisis, and to overcome it, she has invested almost all her funds, including the company's capital in Starwood Apparels. At this moment, she is left with nothing more than $500,000. Even if she were to give Layla that, where would she find one million?

"Miss Layl
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