The sky was still dark when Derrick stepped into the boardroom again. Outside, the city was asleep, its lights scattered like dying stars in the distance. Inside, the room buzzed with quiet urgency.A few of his top executives were already there—Vivian from Finance, Linda from PR, Jerome, and two IT specialists huddled over laptops and printouts. No one spoke more than necessary. They had worked through the night, driven not just by fear of collapse, but by something deeper—loyalty. Loyalty to a man who had built the company from the ground up. Loyalty to the storm he was now standing in alone.Jerome walked in, balancing a tray of steaming coffee cups. His eyes looked heavier than usual, his shirt wrinkled at the collar.“Sir,” he said, placing a cup near Derrick. “The forensics team found something.”Derrick didn’t sit. His eyes scanned the tired faces around the table. “Talk to me.”Vivian looked up, fingers still resting on the trackpad of her laptop. She turned the screen around
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