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Chapter 19

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KAREN

I had dealt with crises before, but nothing had ever moved this fast.

Before noon that day, the story was already everywhere.

Twelve different media houses had published the same article, each with slightly different headlines but the same dangerous message beneath them. According to the reports, one of our company's most important research projects had been stolen, leaked, and sold to outside buyers. They claimed internal sources had confirmed it. They claimed the board was hiding the tr
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