The 24th Century Warrior Became a Fake Heiress novel Chapter 262

A Superpowered Warrior in a Fake Heiress’s Body

Chapter 262 The Short Squeeze

If Edward wanted to untangle himself from the short squeeze, Vex was his only lifeline.

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Hearing his desperate plea, Eugène smirked and asked, “Oh? Didn’t someone swear they wouldn’t short Carter Group?”

Edward choked on his words, his face flushing crimson with embarrassment.

Fine, you win! We get it, you’re a genius, alright?!

If this b*stard hadn’t kept his trump card so close to his chest, would Edward have shorted Carter Group and cornered himself like this?

Swallowing his frustration, Edward muttered sourly, “Alright, you got me. I admit I called it wrong.

“Hurry it up, man, or my net worth is going up in smoke.

“Buddy, pal, help a desperate ally out here!”

Edward played the victim card, though Eugene knew well enough that the man had plenty of exit strategies.

He wasn’t a reckless gambler like Adrian or Marcus, throwing their entire empires on the roulette wheel.

Hanks Group had multiple contingency plans to absorb the blow.

But buying from Vex was by far the quickest way to close his short positions before margin calls hit.

“Fine,”

Eugene choked back a laugh.

Serves you right, you sly fox. Who told you to short my company?

I warned you not to bet against us.

Grinning, Eugene messaged Vex right away.

Isabella’s phone lit up with Eugene’s text.

He laid out Edward’s predicament in plain terms, leaving the final call entirely in her hands.

After all, his job was merely to pass along the message.

What Vex decided to do was her business alone, and nobody had the right to sway her

Put bluntly, Edward got burned by his own greed; if Vex helped, he was lucky, and if she didn’t, he had nobody to blame but himself.

Reading the message, Isabella arched a brow.

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Chapter 262 The Short Squeeze

So Edward couldn’t resist shorting Carter Group after all.

Being too clever for your own good always backfires.

She had already flagged suspicious capital movements from Hanks Group earlier.

Firushed

Still, having done business with Edward before, Isabella replied after a brief pause, “Fine. Have him prep the wire. I’ll execute a block trade for a fraction of my holding, but not the whole lot. He’ll have to source the rest himself.”

Isabella remained unbothered–she had bigger deals in motion and had no intention of dumping her entire bag into Edward’s lap.

In today’s market, her floating shares were pure gold dust.

A desperate ring of trapped short–sellers was practically begging to buy her out at any price!

If not for her working relationship with Edward, she wouldn’t have spared him a single share.

Still, double the market rate was an enticing offer, and profit was profit regardless of the buyer.

Handing them to Edward saved her the hassle of open–market order routing.

Isabella agreed to the trade, though she attached a specific condition-

“I want Powell Group equity floating on the secondary market as part of the settlement.

“If your firm holds any, discount it against the share price.”

Hearing her counteroffer, Edward blinked in surprise.

Why on earth does Vex want worthless Powell stock?

With Powell Group caught in this legal nightmare and hitting bottom–limit halts, their odds of recovery were practically nil.

They were headed straight for bankruptcy restructuring, lucky if they could salvage a few non–core scraps.

All their prime assets would be seized and auctioned off by creditor banks.

Brushing the confusion aside, Edward agreed on the spot without second thoughts.

Powell stock was toxic trash right now; retail holders and panicked insiders were desperate to dump their shares for pennies.

With his vast institutional network, rounding up floating shares was child’s play.

Confident in his reach, he sealed the agreement immediately.

Without further delay, Isabella listed a private block trade earmarked specifically for Edward’s brokerage

account.

Absorbing this tranche alongside high–priced market orders he had scrambled to secure earlier. Edward

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finally broke even and escaped liquidation.

Finished

Yet every cent he made shorting Powell and Bexley had gone straight into patching his Carter Group hole.

Slumping in defeat, he glared at Eugene and grumbled, “So I basically worked as an unpaid intern for Carter Group and Vex this whole damn time

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