Semua Bab Heated Rivalry: Bab 1 - Bab 5

CHAPTER TWO SOREN'S POV "Are you out of your mind?" Dante demanded, his voice sounded across the marble floor of the lobby.The staff member merely adjusted his glasses, completely unfazed by the sudden outburst. "I do not create the curriculum, Mr. Valez. I only enforce the housing regulations. You are both assigned to Suite 417, and you are officially registered as co-directors for the Vanguard Initiative.""I am not partnering with a Kade," Dante stated, turning his back to the reception desk and dragging a hand through his dark hair. "Call the dean. Get my family's legal team on the phone. This is a massive conflict of interest.""The dean is the one who approved the pairing," the older man replied calmly, sliding the printed document closer to the edge of the counter. "The board believes that if the heirs of two warring financial empires cannot navigate a simple academic incubator, neither is fit to manage real corporate assets."I stared at the black ink on the page, reading o

CHAPTER FOUR DANTE'S POV "You manage capital like a terrified accountant," I said, tossing my pen onto the scattered financial documents covering the desk. "If we follow your strategy, Meridian Ventures survives for another six months before dying a slow, miserable death. It is completely uninspired."We had been arguing for three consecutive hours. The clock on my laptop read four in the afternoon, meaning we had exactly eight hours left to submit a unified restructuring pitch to the Vanguard board. The suite felt increasingly stifling, the atmosphere was filled with unresolved hostility and the frustrating reality that Soren Kade was entirely immune to intimidation. Soren did not raise his voice, nor did he react to my blatant insult. He sat perfectly straight in his chair, spinning a silver pen between his long, calculative fingers while staring at a digital spreadsheet. "I manage capital with the intention of retaining it," Soren corrected, his tone was maddeningly even.