Chapter 9

As expected, Zoe contacted Calvin the same day, demanding money.

She threatened to expose their relationship and show me their private videos if he didn’t comply.

Little did she know, I had already uncovered everything and had surveillance software secretly installed on her phone and computer.

"Give me two hundred million dollars in cash! I also want 30% of your family’s shares, and you need to send me abroad for school."

I raised an eyebrow at that.

Zoe was really bold, making such outrageous demands—she was asking for a third of the Preston family’s assets without a care that Calvin might snap and retaliate.

On the other end of the call, Calvin was silent for a long time before he finally responded with a quiet, “Okay.”

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They set a time and place to meet, planning to finalize the deal and sign the contract.

For Calvin to agree so easily didn’t seem right.

Could he really afford to give up that much?

Zoe, however, was completely unsuspecting.

After all, in their previous deal