At that moment, hearing Benjamin's final encouragement to place the fifty million dollar bid that would risk everything she owned, Elizabeth remained extremely afraid despite his confident reassurance.Her fear wasn't just about the enormous amount of money involved, but about the catastrophic consequences if their strategy failed to deliver the promised results.Elizabeth knew with terrifying clarity that if she didn't win this auction, if the Black family's investment didn't materialize as Benjamin promised, or if her massive financial commitment went to waste, it would mean complete financial ruin.“I'm going to be massively in debt with no possible way to recover,” Elizabeth thought to herself, her mind racing through the implications of failure.Her situation was made even more desperate by the existing threats she was already facing from multiple powerful families.“The position that I'm currently in - trying desperately to resolve the dangerous issues with Mr. Alexander George'