“Gerald, stop this madness!”
Howard’s voice cracked as he stepped forward, hands trembling. He could see it — Gerald was seconds away from pushing Harold over the edge.
Gerald tightened his grip on the wheelchair and roared, “Give me a billion dollars, or I’ll kill this old man!”
Howard swallowed hard, face contorting with despair. “A billion is too much. I can’t come up with that kind of money.”
C&A Group was worth about a billion. It wasn’t money he could simply produce. Selling the entire company wouldn’t even be enough — not in time for this.
Gerald’s eyes burned with venom. “Lies! Howard, you’re full of lies!” he bellowed.
“Just yesterday, your son-in-law bought Dream Land — and then spent another fifty million on the Eternal Heart Ring to propose to Anna! How dare you say you c
