The Starfield Farming Sovereign (Elizabeth Schofield) novel Chapter 154

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In the end, something like this might not even deal a real blow to someone as shameless as Mick.

So, Elizabeth figured she might as well take this chance to get something real out of it–to make up for the time she lost tonight and the anger she had to swallow.

She quickly put on a sad face, sighed softly, and said in a gentle, fake tone, “I’m just too soft- hearted. I can’t stand seeing people beg me. Since Colonel Conte is sincerely admitting his mistake and willing to settle, I’ll accept a civil compensation. Tell me–how do you plan to compensate us?”

Seeing that she had softened, Mick quickly raised one finger and tested the waters. “One… One hundred thousand stellar coins! Mrs. Hewitt, what do you think?”

For an average person, 100,000 stellar coins was about a year’s income. It wasn’t a small number.

Elizabeth just looked at him with a faint smile. She said nothing.

Mick’s heart tightened. He gritted his teeth and raised the offer again. “Two… Two hundred thousand stellar coins!”

Elizabeth finally let out a soft laugh, not even trying to hide the mockery in her voice. “Colonel Conte, is this how you plan to brush me off?”

Mick’s face turned pale. He knew he had no choice but to pay more. Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to say, “Mrs. Hewitt, 500,000 stellar coins! That’s everything I can come up with!”

“Five hundred thousand?” Mandy gasped. Her heart ached at the number, and she almost spoke up to object.

But when she saw Jeremy standing beside Elizabeth, she swallowed her words.

Instead, she begged in a low, trembling voice, almost in tears, “Ms… Ms. Schofield–Mrs. Hewitt -please, have mercy! Five hundred thousand stellar coins is really all we have! We still have a child to raise and a life to live. Please let us go this time!”

Tasha, who had been silent, suddenly spoke up. “You’re lying! Before you divorced my mom, you secretly transferred a few million stellar coins from the family account. You even touched my mom’s personal account!”

Elizabeth gave Corey a half–smile and raised her voice slightly on purpose. “Chief Rigby, I don’t think they’re being sincere. How about we just handle this by the book? If it needs to be sent to

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military court, then let’s do that. I don’t feel like wasting time arguing over this little bit of money.”

“Wait!” Mick was terrified. He blurted out without thinking, “I’ll pay one million stellar coins!”

Elizabeth slowly raised two fingers. Her tone was calm, but firm. “Final offer–two million stellar coins. On top of that, we missed our scheduled flight back tonight, so you’ll cover our travel costs. If you don’t agree, we’ll handle everything officially, just like Chief Rigby suggested.”

Two million stellar coins?

And I have to cover their travel too?

Mick almost fainted.

This was like taking his life.

But when he saw the certainty in Elizabeth’s eyes—and Jeremy and Corey standing nearby–he knew he had no room to bargain.

It felt like all the strength had been drained from his body. In the end, he could only nod in despair. “Alright… I agree.”

With Corey as witness, both sides signed the settlement agreement.

Mick’s hands trembled as he transferred two million stellar coins into Elizabeth’s account on the spot.

As for the travel, Elizabeth had him book a more comfortable and faster private spaceship.

The round trip alone cost as much as 500,000 stellar coins.

Mick stared at the bill, his heart bleeding, but he could only grit his teeth and

pay.

After everything was settled, Elizabeth was in a good mood.

She took out 500,000 stellar coins and tried to thank Jeremy for showing up and helping tonight.

But Jeremy firmly refused. “Mrs. Hewitt, please don’t. Protecting your rights and safety is part of my duty. How could I take your money? If Commander Hewitt and Mrs. Zaylee found out, they would say I didn’t do my job properly.”

He paused, then added sincerely, “Mrs. Hewitt, Commander Hewitt and Mrs. Zaylee have been thinking about you. Since you’re here, why not come stay at the castle for a few days? Mrs. Zaylee would really like to meet you.”

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