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CHAPTER 84 — Calculated Silence

Author: Chloee Ariadne
last update publish date: 2025-12-18 12:46:53

~ ALISTAIR ~

The CEO’s office had never felt this tight before.

I sat calmly in my chair, fingers resting lightly against the wooden desk, my eyes sharply fixed on the financial report projected onto the laptop Evan was showing me.

One of the three minority shareholders under the Montgomery Group umbrella had already sold his shares—quietly, efficiently. Not to a third party. Not to a proxy firm.

But to Rebecca herself.

My jaw almost broke from clenching it so hard, though my expression didn’t
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