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So it was true?

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~ Stellan’s POV

The digital clock on the mahogany wall of the boardroom read 1:47 AM.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, New York was a sprawling grid of electric veins, pulsing with a life that never slept. Inside, the air was stale, recycled, and thick with the scent of lukewarm coffee and fear.

"The merger with Kinsley Tech is... it's delicate, sir," the VP of Acquisitions stammered, shuffling a stack of papers that I had already memorized three hours ago. "If we push for the hostile take
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