Shadows Between Us (Stella and Sebastian) novel Chapter 138

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Without even glancing at it, Stella ripped the new price list the company reps had just faxed over right before his eyes, her face icy and completely emotionless.

The company reps could only stare in stunned silence.

Levi and his team were frozen, not daring to make a sound.

Stella said, “Now, it’s my turn to set the terms!”

Levi thought, ‘It’s over.

‘This deal is completely dead.’

The leading company rep let out a sarcastic laugh. “What do you mean by that?”

“We don’t agree,” Stella replied flawlessly in a foreign language, and her tone was clear and firm, way more assertive than Levi had ever been.

Shredded paper littered the floor.

With that, Stella leaned back as she didn’t have a care in the world. Her aura was so intense it cut right through the screen, making everyone in the online meeting tense up.

“Not only do we disagree, but we’re demanding a 20% cut off the original price,” Stella said.

As soon as Stella said that, everyone fell silent.

After a moment, a mocking laugh echoed through the screen. “Keep dreaming!” They didn’t even try to hide how smug they were.

Stella twirled her pen with icy indifference, letting them laugh all they wanted. She was completely unfazed. Her expression stayed stone-cold from start to finish.

She said, “If you’re done laughing, why don’t we discuss how your company tried to save 1.5 million on maintenance and ended up causing a deep-sea oil spill?”

As soon as she finished, the fancy spin of her pen came to a halt. Stella shot the company rep a smirk, watching as his face fell and his expression changed dramatically.

Levi and his team were completely outmatched, left speechless by Stella’s dominance.

“Nonsense! This is pure nonsense! This is slander! I’m taking you to the international court!” The company rep was clearly losing his cool, even resorting to the few Clusian words he could muster.

Stella snorted with a cold laugh, raising an eyebrow in disdain. “Whether it’s slander or not, your company knows exactly what’s going on.

“I’m seriously questioning whether your products’ origin has already been contaminated by the oil spill. Now

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it’s us in Clusia who have to worry. If we buy your equipment, are we risking irreversible damage?”

The leading company rep was left speechless.

His face went from pale to green, a real spectacle.

But Stella wasn’t done yet. She propped her chin on her hand, looking at him with lazy indifference. “And by the way, your company is still trying to keep the oil spill under wraps, aren’t you? If I let your country’s media in on this….

“I wonder if the environmental and animal rights folks in your country might go wild and end up causing your company some irreversible damage?” She spoke with total composure, not a single flaw in her delivery.

Levi and his team were left speechless.

Levi couldn’t believe his eyes as he stared at Stella. ‘We haven’t heard a single rumor about this back in Clusia. Where did Stella get this info?’ He thought.

He instinctively glanced over at Sebastian.

Sebastian was left speechless.

He couldn’t care less whether they bought it or not.

The leading company rep was sweating bullets, clearly starting to panic. He thought, ‘How the hell did Clusia get wind of this? And if they already know, why are they even negotiating and exposing their bottom price?

‘So, this is their “wolf in sheep’s clothing” act?”

He tugged at his tie and wiped the sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief. “I need to check with my superiors.”

Stella said coolly, “Three minutes. That’s all you get.”

The leading company rep was totally stunned. “Three minutes isn’t enough!” All that swagger from before was gone in an instant.

Stella chuckled, icy and unbothered. “Whether it’s enough or not isn’t my problem. When the time’s up, if you don’t give me an answer I like, this video goes straight to your country’s environmental and animal rights organizations.”

She slowly raised her phone, turning it so he could see it right on camera.

“Or maybe my finger slips and it gets sent somewhere else, who knows,” she said, eyebrow raised.

That last line was a threat, clear as day. The guy on the other end jumped up so fast he knocked his chair over, the crash echoing through the room and sending a shockwave through everyone watching.

Everyone was speechless.

Levi stared at Stella, his face blank as she started the three-minute countdown. In his mind, he muttered,

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“Kid…” Stella just lazily turned her head and looked back at him.

Their eyes locked.

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Levi, the old man in his traditional suit, had totally forgotten whatever he was about to say since his mind was a complete blank.

Less than a minute later, the rep’s face reappeared on the screen, looking flustered. “Our boss says the most we can do is a 10% cut!” They were still trying to play hardball.

Stella didn’t even blink. “30%.”

The company representative was left speechless.

After a beat, Stella let out a chilly laugh. “40%.”

Panicking, the rep blurted out, “God! 20%! No more haggling!”

He thought, ‘Swear to God. We’ve never faced an opponent this tough before!’

Levi and his team were left speechless.

Everyone on the team was totally blank. They thought, ‘How did they just score a 20% discount off the original price without lifting a finger?

‘Is this what a legendary free win looks like?

‘And the best part? They are making a killing at this price!

‘This isn’t just a free win. This was lying down and ascending straight to heaven!

‘So what the hell just happened?’

Stella watched the rep, who was sweating bullets and looking totally flustered. She tossed her pen onto the table and smirked coolly. “Wouldn’t it have been easier to just be straightforward from the start?”

The company representative was left speechless.

He thought, ‘What could I possibly say?

‘Would I even dare say anything?’

As if something just occurred to her, Stella’s gaze turned icy as she looked up. “Oh, and one more thing. Who contacted you and told you about Clusia’s total budget for this deal?

“Don’t even try to play dumb,” she cut him off, seeing the rep about to make an excuse.

The company representative was left speechless.

After a long pause, he finally blurted out a name. Right then, Levi said through gritted teeth, “Conrad’s

assistant!”

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Stella turned and caught Sebastian’s eye across the room. “Sebastian, I can’t stand traitors,” she said. She thought, ‘Especially those who can’t tell right from wrong when it really matters!

Sebastian idly ran his cold fingers over the plain plant, his eyes dark and brooding. “Coincidence. So do L

In the corner, John was on the phone.

His face was stone-cold and unyielding, knuckles tense. He looked ready to throw a punch.

“Talk is cheap. Send over the email thread as proof,” Stella said, still as cool as ever, as if she had no idea how much of a shockwave she’d just sent through Levi and his team.

Less than five minutes later, the email was already in their inbox.

The company rep looked like he’d just been dragged out of a pool, totally defeated and desperate to end the negotiation. After all these years dealing with Clusians, he’d never been this humiliated.

‘This girl is young, but she has a heart of stone!’ he thought.

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