Adrian's expression twitched at her words.
He had a terrible premonition that whatever Serena was about to say, it wouldn't be good.
Sure enough, her voice, amplified by the microphone, echoed throughout the entire Apex Horizon Speedway.
"Adrian, according to the rules of the Overdrive challenge, you lost. The bike you used for the challenge... the one of equal value to the Ghost, should now be mine."
Adrian's dark eyes widened in shock.
The one of equal value... the Dark Serpent GT.
But the Dark Serpent GT, due to Silver Ghost's mistake, had flown off the track, fallen from a great height, and was smashed to pieces along with its rider.
She had seen the bike get destroyed with her own eyes.
What was the point of bringing up the "Dark Serpent GT" now?
Just then...
Chloe emerged from the crowd, her heels clicking on the pavement.
Her enchanting, flirtatious face still wore that playful smile, bright and bold, but with
a hint of coldness. "Mr. Cole, the 'Dark Serpent GT' is the crown jewel of my collection. And yet... I can't believe you lost my Dark Serpent GT to that woman.”
She deliberately emphasized the word "my."
Then she continued, "My Dark Serpent GT is valued at over one hundred million on the market. I won't ask for too much."
Here, Chloe paused for a moment, her long, beautiful eyes lifting as if in
amusement. “So... the fifty-million-dollar deposit you gave me earlier will have to serve as compensation. I'll be keeping it. As for the remaining fifty million, remember to transfer it to my account within twenty-four hours."
She raised her hand, holding the contract Adrian had just signed.
Chloe tapped the contract against Adrian's chest, her smile radiant. "You'd better watch the time, Mr. Cole. If it's late... there will be interest, you know."
Adrian's pupils constricted. He stared at Chloe in disbelief and stumbled back two steps.
He had... just scraped together that fifty million by borrowing from everyone he knew.
How could he possibly come up with another fifty million within twenty-four hours? "Miss Barnes..." Adrian licked his dry lips and ran a hand through his messy hair.
He wanted to try and negotiate with Chloe.
But he had barely gotten her name out.
Serena's crisp voice rang out again. "Adrian, as the loser of the Overdrive challenge you owe me a bike of equal value to the Ghost But now that the Dark Serpent GT is
e'
destroyed, I wonder how Mr. Cole
plans to... compensate me?
Adrian's face went pale, a clap of thunder seeming to echo in his mind, striking him right in the heart.
He snapped his head up to look at Serena.
Serena was saying...
He also had to compensate her with a bike worth one hundred million dollars?!
Chloe had already taken fifty million, and he had to pay her another fifty million within twenty-four hours.
And now Serena was demanding another hundred million?!
Even for a prominent family like the Coles in Vaelion City, it was impossible to produce two hundred million in liquid assets on such short notice!
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It would mean gutting the entire Cole family fortune.....
The more he thought about it, the faster the color drained from his face!
“Serena, don't you go too far!" Hailey felt her vision go dark as she heard the numbers—fifty million, a hundred million.
All that money...
How dare a country girl like Serena even open her mouth to ask for that much?!
She ground her teeth, her voice
sharp and tinged with a sob. "Adrian
was so good to you in the past, and
you two were even engaged! Why do you have to be so ruthless, why do
you have to take things so...