Nine board members of the Remington Group sat around the polished mahogany table in the private dining room of the Rèlis, an elite restaurant. The room was luxurious but discreet, chosen precisely to give them the best privacy money could buy. No staff remained in sight as the last of them settled into place, glancing at one another with wary curiosity. At one end, Andreas Lovelace, a stocky man with graying temples, slammed a leather briefcase closed and leaned forward. Across from him sat Celia Hartman, impeccably dressed as usual, her expression cool and betraying nothing. By the window, Damien Shaw tapped the table with restless fingers, while near the door, Miriam Chen checked the time on her phone. On the other side of the table were Frederick Moore, Victoria Reyes, Jerome Patel, Daphne Brooks, and Elias Williams. Each of them looked surprised and not entirely pleased to have been summoned by someone anonymous. “We're not all completely,” Andreas remarked, his voice gravelly
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