Chapter 1119:

“Absolutely yes,” Babette replied through clenched teeth.

Brandon might have successfully barred her from taking action through official company channels, but that didn’t mean she couldn’t take matters into her own hands, secretly using personal resources.

With that determined thought burning in her mind, Babette immediately sprang into action.

Within a remarkably short time, the borrowed funds had been transferred into her account.

She had set up several alternative trading accounts specifically to ensure she wouldn’t need to use her previous ones, which meant Brandon would have no way of discovering what she was doing.

With everything in place, Babette aggressively re-entered the commodities market. This time, she leveraged her entire account threefold, positioning all her resources directly against whatever position Millie had taken.

By this point, the entire morning trading session had already passed, and copper prices had risen dramatically and significantly. Even though the increases were being driven primarily by news and speculation, they obviously couldn’t keep climbing upward forever.

Surely it was finally time for prices to fall back down.

Even though the global market functioned nearly nonstop due to worldwide connectivity, Millie and Babette dealt mainly in the regional market, which wrapped up by afternoon.

Around noon, Babette headed home, planning to monitor the afternoon updates.

But contrary to her expectations, copper prices stubbornly refused to fall.

That afternoon, the price didn’t skyrocket the way it had during the morning’s dramatic surge, but it continued its steady, relentless climb upward nonetheless.

gⲁ𝗅𝓝𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀.𝗰0𝗺; 𝓜𝒐𝒓𝑒 novels

When the market finally closed, Babette stared at the red numbers flashing on her account. Her stomach twisted, yet she forced herself to remain calm. It was fine, she told herself. The stop-loss point hadn’t been triggered yet. The news couldn’t push the prices up that much. If she just held on, the copper prices would drop tomorrow.

But when the second trading day arrived, Babette’s optimistic predictions crumbled into dust. The price showed no signs of retreating whatsoever—instead, it continued its aggressive upward momentum.

By the time the market closed, her threefold leverage had already translated into devastating losses.

Still, Babette tried to steady herself. Just a little longer, she thought. It has been climbing for two days—surely it would fall tomorrow. Maybe some new development would turn things around… perhaps the situation at the Gliphis mines would shift. She even found herself turning to superstition, wondering if her misfortune stemmed from her surroundings. “Maybe I should change what I’m wearing… or get rid of anything unlucky in the house,” she thought desperately.

Yet, when the third trading day came, the market once again defied her hopes. The copper prices kept climbing, relentless and merciless.

This time, the situation became truly critical. Her trading platform sent her an urgent notification—she needed to deposit additional funds into her account immediately. Otherwise, the system would automatically liquidate all her positions once her losses reached a predetermined threshold.

Babette’s pride and stubborn determination wouldn’t let her admit defeat. She gritted her teeth and spent the entire morning desperately calling friends and distant relatives, scraping together every dollar she could borrow to make additional deposits.

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