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Chapter 8

Author: Green Sprout
Compensation? Theft of trade secrets? I had been waiting for Tristan to make that accusation.

I reached into my briefcase and placed a contract on the table. It had been stamped with a dark blue seal.

"Mr. Grant, this is the annual framework agreement I signed with Crest Corporation during this trip. The first year order amount is eight million dollars."

Oliver looked at the eight-million-dollar contract and then Tristan and the others, the very people who had just cost the company tens of millions while scrambling to shift blame. His expression turned to ice.

Cornered, Tristan lashed out, "Even so, you're still a company employee. I order you to fix the system immediately. If you refuse, I'll fire you for insubordination and make sure that stain follows you for life."

I held his gaze and finally revealed my last card. "Fix the system? I'm afraid I can't."

"Why not?"

"Because the system's core algorithm and data-processing methodology are already protected under a national paten
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