Chapter 59

Grace pulled out another cell phone and dialed Jesse's number. "Time is running out, Jesse. The shareholders of Astral Corporation want to monopolize that 15% of the original stock. "You only have two days. If you can't come up with six billion dollars by then, you won't have any more chances." With that, she ended the call and switched off the phone. Cecilia was somewhat worried. "Ms. Lawson, don't you think he'll sense something is off if you pressure him like this?" Grace smiled, her tone relaxed. "A person's greed has a way of rationalizing itself, even when they sense something isn't quite right. Yet that inner greed deceives them into believing their own excuses. "Besides, now that he has sold Lawson Group, it's equivalent to shooting himself in the foot. Now, his only option is to tread the path I've set for him, where self-destruction awaits." … As she returned to the audience area, Grace saw Albert in his strikingly colored clothing still searching for something on the