All Chapters of From Trash to Titan: Chapter 271 - Chapter 280

The following morning Maxwell woke before the alarm.The first thing in his mind was the research he did yesterday. And although he didn't find all the names of the potential rivals to Sterling Industries, he did find one of them, the Lee family. Maxwell was adamant on finding out all the names that have had disagreements or any issues with Sterling Industries in the past before, as that could be the same people who did business with Frank. And he was going to look for them, but first, Maxwell was going to start with the Lee family. He lay still for a moment as the early light spread pale and clean across the penthouse floor, and let the day assemble itself in his head.Then his thoughts turned to the day ahead.As much as he wanted to focus all his thoughts on the investigation, today he had the board conference. And Julian, waiting for proof of his role in the Lexus turnaroundHe got up without rushing. He showered, dressed, and chose the darker of his two suits. He looked handsom

"For the benefit of everyone who doesn't do this for a living," he said, his voice calm and clear, "I'm going to walk you through what I am doing as I do it. That way nobody has to take my word for anything later."He turned the screen slightly so the nearest directors could see it."First thing I do is check when each file was actually created. Not when it says it was created on the surface, which anyone with five minutes and a tutorial can change. I am looking at the deeper record, the one the computer writes for itself in the background. That record is much harder to fake. In most cases it is impossible to fake without leaving fingerprints."He clicked through several files in succession."These files were created between January and November of the year Lexus Corporation went through its restructuring. The dates are consistent. The deeper record matches the surface record on every file I have opened. If somebody had backdated these documents recently, the two records would not lin

Julian was quiet after Isobelle spoke. Despite being cold and calculating Julian had always been an honest person. And he had always followed the rules, but after losing to Maxwell, he realized now that he couldn't play fair anymore if he wanted to take Sterling Industries back. His cousin had the full support of the board. Julian's usual way of thinking began to change.He agreed with Isobelle, playing fair was not going to change anything. Without saying a word, he grabbed his coat and walked out of the executive suite quickly, and Isobelle followed closely behind him. They avoided the main lobby and took the private elevator straight down to the garage.Julian was still furious about losing the board meeting. He opened the driver's door and got inside, looking bitter. Isobelle got into the passenger seat next to him and shut the door."I don't care what those files showed," Julian said, gripping the steering wheel. He looked at her, completely losing his usual professional compo

Maxwell sat alone in the quiet office after Kieran left. Kieran would make the call to his contact, and then it would just be a matter of waiting. Maxwell leaned back in his leather chair, letting out a slow breath.The door opened quietly, and Hazel walked in. She set a neat stack of briefing documents on his desk, quickly explaining what each file covered before heading back out to her station.Maxwell reached for the pile, picked up the top folder, and flipped it open. He had managed all of two paragraphs before his phone vibrated against the polished wood. He glanced down at the screen. The name displayed wasn't one he expected to see today.Incoming Call: Sophia Hawthorne.Maxwell paused for a second, then swiped the screen and brought the phone to his ear. "Hello, Sophia.""Maxwell," Sophia said, her tone smooth and effortless. "I've been meaning to call you all week. I kept second-guessing myself, which is honestly not something I do, so I decided to blame you for it."He smile

Of all the people he expected to see at this place today, Damon Lee was not one of them.Maxwell looked away. His face stayed calm no matter what the mind was doing.He took a slow sip of water and thought. Why was Damon Lee here?"There you are." Just then someone spoke to him. It was a familiar voice that Maxwell recognized instantly.The voice came from his right, and Maxwell turned.Driana was walking toward him through the crowd."Hi.""You made it with time to spare," she said, stopping in front of him. "I'm impressed, I thought you would be late."Maxwell nodded, "Well I'm here. Also I met some of your relatives." he said."You mean uncle Marco and Rosa? They told me. Also you took a picture with uncle Marco." She glanced down at her phone, and something on the screen made her close her eyes for a moment. "My uncle already posted the photo."Before Maxwell could respond to that, a familiar voice cut in from the side."Oh, would you look at this."Rosa had materialized beside th