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Chapter 25: The Forced Retreat
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2025-12-14 22:30:00The tension in the hidden room was almost unbearable. May and Alex sat glued to the laptop screen, their eyes fixed on the grainy footage from the hidden camera in the Lilion Corp boardroom. The emergency board meeting was underway, and the fate of the company, and their own lives, hung in the balance.
"They're starting," Alex muttered, his voice barely audible above the hum of the laptop's cooling fan. "Harding's at the head of the table, looking like he owns the place."Ma
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