Never Mistake a Queen for a Lapdog novel Chapter 1085

Gia's grip on her phone tightened. The smugness had completely vanished from her face, replaced by pure shock and confusion.

She couldn't understand why Jason was so desperate to partner with Winrich.

She tried to reason with him. "My brother, you're not in Rivercrest City, you don't know what's happening. Winrich is in the middle of a massive crisis. Their stock is at rock bottom. If Solara Energy partners with them now, we'll get dragged down with them."

Before she could even finish, Jason cut her off. "When was the last time you checked their stock? Look at it right now!"

What difference could that make?

It had only been four or five hours.

But before she could ask, Jason hung up.

Feeling utterly humiliated, she opened her stock app.

When the familiar interface loaded, her pupils shrank, and her breath caught in her throat.

On the screen, Winrich's chart looked like a slumbering dragon that had suddenly awakened. In the span of a single hour, it had skyrocketed with terrifying, unstoppable force!

"How... how is this possible?!"

Gia stared at the bright green line indicating the surge, her head spinning as a sharp ringing filled her ears.

Just a few minutes ago, she had been confidently analyzing Winrich's demise with Crystal, treating the morning's crash as a joke at Noreen's expense.

Who could have predicted that in just one hour, the entire situation would reverse so dramatically?

It only took one hour for Winrich to recover everything it had lost over the past week!

The momentum was so aggressive, it was bound to hit a new all-time high!

Crystal saw it too.

She was just as agitated. "This is impossible!"

"How could this happen?!"

She simply could not fathom why the Brooke Group would do this!

"Word is, Noreen once did a massive favor for the Brooke Group, so they went all out to protect her."

At that moment, Gia couldn't form a single sentence.

Unaware of her current predicament, Healy added, "By the way, my mom told me she introduced you to Noreen. If you can land that deal, it'll be huge for Solara Energy."

Gia fell completely silent.

It felt like a boulder was crushing her chest, suffocating her.

On the other side, Crystal had called Raymond Chelsea.

Raymond sounded even more frantic than her. "I was just about to call you. The rep from NoMore Corporation just gave an interview publicly announcing their intent to partner with Winrich. It's for that multi-billion-dollar project I've spent the last six months trying to secure!"

"The news has blown up all over the foreign networks. I'm rushing to the airport now. The board called an emergency meeting."