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Chapter 152: Terms

作者: Tear stained lore
last update 公開日: 2026-10-04 04:05:05

Dean:

My father’s office felt different the morning Richard Hart walked in. A few weeks earlier, the room had been thick with hostility and carefully controlled anger. Today, the folders between them were arranged neatly across the table, and the report Lucas had spent two weeks preparing lay open in front of both men.

“The projections are solid,” my father said after reading through the final pages. “Combined distribution, shared manufacturing costs, and a genuine advantage over everyone else
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