Chapter: 1068

"I need to make the most of this opportunity. We won’t be getting another opportunity like this anymore." Dustin shook his head stubbornly.

"What do you mean you need to make the most of this? Who do you think you are? Do you believe that you can get the better of the Nicholsons?" Florence was on edge. She considered themselves lucky enough that Dahlia was reinstated. It would be greedy of them to ask for more.

"Dustin, you have only two options. Give me the medicine, and Dahlia gets reinstated, or I’ll give you hell, and you end up with nothing. The choice is yours to make." Seeing Florence back down. gave Julian the confidence he needed to throw his weight around.

"I stand by what I said. If you’re unwilling to give up the shares, then we don’t have a deal," Dustin insisted.

"Are you really so adamant about burning bridges?" Julian snarled.

"Don’t scare me. I’m easily frightened. Who knows? I might just tremble and drop this bottle of medicine into the sewers. We’d be in trouble then, wouldn’t we?" Dustin gave the bottle another shake.

"You!" Julian was so furious. But he had said and done all that he could, and nothing seemed to work!

"If you can’t call the shots, call your grandmother. Ask her if she agrees to my condition." Dustin suggested to Julian.

Julian took a deep breath and fished out his phone, giving his grandmother a call. It was true that he wasn’t in a position to call the shots on such a huge matter that concerned the entire family.

"Hello, Grandmother. The medicine is indeed with Dustin. But, he has a condition that I can’t agree with…" Julian started discussing the issue with Alma once she picked up the call. His expression was quite a sight to behold, it changed with every second that passed. No one could tell what Alma was saying on the other end of the line.

"Dustin! Are you out of your mind? If the matriarch of the Nicholson family loses her temper, not only will we not be getting anything out of this, but we’ll also be implicated and get into trouble because of you!" Julie grumbled.

"Rhys! If my daughter loses her position as chairman because of you again, you’re never going to hear the end of this!" Florence was agitated.

Wouldn’t things have turned out just fine if he’d just agreed to give them the medicine? Why did he have to insist on making them pay such a ridiculously high price for it? Things would get out of hand if they burned bridges!

Just as Florence and Julie were about to lose their cool, Julian ended the call with a frown on his face.

"Grandmother has agreed to your condition."

"Madam Alma agreed?" Both Florence and Julie were dumbstruck when they heard that. All their grumbles and doubts transformed into pure shock. They hadn’t expected the Nicholsons to agree to the unreasonable request from Dustin. Those were shares worth billions! Could they bear to let it go like that? Wasn’t that too much of a price to pay?

At that moment, even Dahlia looked surprised. She could not comprehend why the Nicholsons were willing to pay such a ridiculous price for just a bottle of medicine.

"Since she’s agreed, then get your grandmother to make a trip here to sign the papers. We’ll make a fair transaction." Dustin smiled. He wasn’t the least bit surprised by Alma’s choice. He knew very well what people heavily reliant on Zirtanium were like. They would never be able to resist the temptation. After all, the Nicholsons had trillions in assets! Sacrificing one company wouldn’t hurt them too much.

When Julian finally drove off, Dahlia could no longer hold back her curiosity.

"Dustin, what was that medicine you had with you? How did you manage to make Madam Alma buy it at such a ridiculous price?"

"That was Zirtanium. It’s a type of chronic poison. But for Madam Alma, this is what she needs to stay alive." Dustin explained, "So that’s what it was." Dahlia nodded in understanding. No wonder the Nicholsons yielded to his absurd request. So it turns out that Dustin held Alma’s lifeline in his hands.

She had initially been worried that the Nicholsons would go back on their word and dismiss her from her position as chairman after reinstating her. But now that Dustin had gotten the shares of the company from them, there was no way they could do that anymore.

"The older a person gets, the more they value their life. To Madam Alma, paying several tens of billions to live another year amounts to nothing." Dustin smiled.

"This Zirtanium, where did you get it from?" Dahlia wondered.

"I intercepted it from Hank Hoffman, of course." Dustin wasn’t one to hide his actions.