He Lost Me to His Best Friend novel Chapter 532

Whether professionally or personally, she wasn't going to give Yardley Flynn another chance to recover.

The longer he dragged out the divorce, the more devastating the price would become.

Veronica flinched, blurting out instinctively:

"Impossible! Don't even think about it!"

"A project of that scale—why would I abandon a massive corporation like the Flynn Group for your tiny little studio? Besides, there's no way you can cough up that kind of capital. It's a joke!"

Hearing this, Scarlett actually took a moment to calculate the balance in her bank accounts.

Between her savings over the years, the allowance from her brother, and her investment returns, she had a decent amount of liquid cash—around twenty million.

It wasn't quite enough for a project of this magnitude, but she wasn't just relying on herself. She had her powerful brother and the incredibly resourceful Julian Croft backing her up.

Funding was the least of her worries.

When Croft Design Studio first approached Veronica about the tourism project, Scarlett had been genuinely interested, but back then, her focus had strictly been on securing the design contract; she hadn't considered stepping in as an investor.

However, with Craig Schmidt and other developers suddenly terminating their contracts, Scarlett realized that remaining solely a design firm left them too vulnerable.

If she wanted absolute leverage, she needed to be both the designer and the financier.

She hadn't officially discussed this pivot with Julian yet, but she harbored a natural, unwavering trust in him... She knew, without a doubt, that he would support her.

Scarlett said, "If I have the guts to demand it, it means I have the funds to back it up."

Veronica scoffed:

"Dream on! Do you have any idea how much effort Thorne Industries put into securing this project? This is a guaranteed goldmine for whoever partners with us. I am not handing it over to you on a silver platter!"

Scarlett had lost her patience:

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