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CHAPTER THIRTY THREE

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**Cardwell industries **

The mahogany table stretched like a gleaming battlefield across the executive conference room. Twenty-two leather chairs surrounded it, each one occupied by a member of Cardwell Industries' board of directors. At the head sat David, his silver hair catching the morning light streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows, his presence filling the room majestically, To his right, the newly installed Vice Chairman's chair waited.

Ava paused outside the frosted glass doors, she caught her distorted reflection in the surface. Three days had passed since her installation ceremony, and this would be her first official board meeting. Through the glass, she could hear the animated conversations and saw the occasional glances toward the door.

"Good morning, Ava" His cheery voice waking Ava up from her reverie, he looked towards the boardroom, his voice softening "Having second thoughts?" Dean stood beside her now, adjusting a stack of financial reports.

"Third and fourth t
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