One billion dollars was equivalent to Jacqueline's entire savings.
If she coughed it up to help the Fordhams and couldn't take the money back in the end, her effort would all go down the drain.
However, Avery clearly said that he would hand over the company to her. In other words, she only had to spend one billion dollars to gain the company, which would bring her more profit in the future.
It was a huge bet.
To gamblers, the riskier the bet was, the more handsome and enticing the profit wo