Chapter 13

At the Bennett Group headquarters, the atmosphere in the conference room was so tense it was almost suffocating. The chief financial officer, Henry Wood, slammed the report down on the table, his voice shaking. "Mr. Bennett, the Lumea project has already lost 1.2 billion dollars. The bank just notified us they've frozen our liquid funds!" Dominic sat at the head of the table, brows tightly furrowed. Three months ago, Ashley had acted cute and said she wanted to start her own fashion brand. Without any assessment, he approved a huge amount of funding. The project was left unfinished, and the partners of Bennett Group were pulling out one after another. Bennett Group's cash flow was suddenly stretched to its limit. "Contact the Silvaris bank first. Mortgage part of our equity," Dominic ordered coldly. "But that's our last resort!" Henry was so anxious that sweat beaded on his forehead. "If the board—" "Do what I said." Dominic shot a look across the table, and everyone fell comple