Chapter 187

"I don't think so. She's just running a few orchards out in the countryside, planting some cherries and whatnot. The only people she knows are small-time fruit merchants. How can she possibly find herself a powerful backer?" Karen remarked. The situation dawned on her, and she hastily asked, "Are you telling me that you didn't manage to complete what I asked you to do?" "I used all means necessary, including giving them a handsome sum of cash, to convince all of the fruit merchants working with Lorraine. They've all stopped buying from her." "In that case…" Karen was confused as to why Patrick had asked such a question earlier. "Lorraine found herself other wholesalers who can buy even more from her. They've already signed contracts with her and given her a downpayment. We'll have to fork out even more money if we want to try and cut off her sales channels again," Patrick said. "We would have to foot the penalty the wholesalers would have to pay for terminating their contracts wit