Damien’s PovThe second half of the hearing began with Adrian trying a different angle entirely, one I should have seen coming the moment he stopped attacking Gabriel and started smiling again.“I’d like to submit something for the board’s consideration,” he said, sliding a folder across the table toward Whitfield. “Financial records showing a series of transfers between Ms. Hart’s personal accounts and Cross Industries over the last three months. Rather substantial ones, given how recently she’s known Damien at all.”I felt Selene go rigid beside me before I even understood what he was implying.“Say what you’re actually trying to say, Adrian,” I said flatly.“I’m simply asking the board to consider,” Adrian said, all false reluctance, “whether Ms. Hart’s sudden and considerable interest in this company’s affairs might be motivated by something other than justice for her father. The optics, gentlemen, are difficult to ignore.”The room went quiet in that particular way that meant peo
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