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Chapter 154 You Can't Afford to Offend This Woman
Author: Ray Ellis
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"Ms. Lorimer, are you kidding me?" Keetes pointed to the group of men behind him and said, "Don't you see them? All of them are locals living here. All of them must be compensated."

Vivian knew that the man meant the compensation was not enough. She asked, "How much do you want?"

"50 million dollars," Keetes said with a smile.

"50 million dollars?" Vivian was shocked by the amount.

She said angrily, "You are too greedy! Even the Childe Group can't pay so much money, let alone myself."

"The Childe Group got the Northfort Pinnacle Hotel project worth billions of dollars. Do you think I'll believe that you can't pay 50 million dollars?"

Keetes was certain he could extort that much money from Vivian. "I don't care! You must compensate us with 50 million dollars. Otherwise, we will stay here every day. Don't even think about beginning construction here."

"How dare you!" Vivian was furious. She realized they were not locals but gangsters.

"Ms. Lorimer, what should we do now?" the sup
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