“Money?” Marcus bellowed as though she cracked a joke. “How much are you offering?”
“A million,” Yara answered.
“A million? Yara, are you kidding me right now? That's just change for the beggars.” He warned, “I managed to survive through so much hardship, even ending up being a cripple. Don't you offer me such a small amount like that ever again.”
She never thought he would be so greedy. Despite being furious, she couldn't rebuke his words.
“How much do you want then?”
“I want thirty million.” He drawled out, “Nothing lesser than that. Else I'll expose all your bad deeds to the public and, of course, reveal the truth to the Bowers family. I want to see how the Bowers will treat you once they know about the truth.”
“Don't.” Yara shouted, “You can't do that!”
She panicked, thinking she would lose everything when she speculated Natalie was still alive, but Kenneth's attitude didn't change. That meant Kenneth and a majority of the Bowers family members didn't know about her past.
Kenneth could never find out about the bad deeds she did before. Otherwise, he would retract his support for her immediately.
Yara's reaction was what Marcus wanted.
“I have given you a chance. Ten million, and I won't expose your actions. Don't worry. I'll quietly leave Chanaea once I have the money in my account,” Marcus said casually.
“I'll give it to you.” Yara sucked in a breath. “But it'll take some time. Give me some time, and I'll think of a way.”
Hearing her agreement, Marcus let out a gleeful laugh. “Excellent! I'll wait for your good news then.”
The minute the call ended, Yara plucked the Bluetooth headset from her ear and threw it out of her rolled-down car window.
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