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Blake spoke loudly enough for the entire conference room to hear.He was the first person to openly challenge Lucas.But his objections had very little to do with the project itself.They sounded personal.The people in the room immediately became interested.Did Blake have some kind of grudge against Lucas?Or was he speaking for Shaw Corporation and deliberately trying to make things difficult for him?“This project requires a huge amount of capital,” Blake continued. “For something this important, we need a project lead who’s capable and has everyone’s confidence.”He looked around the room.“If Lucas York is replaced, Shaw Corporation will invest twenty million immediately.”A scoff came from the second row.“Twenty million? That’s it?”Kenneth was sitting directly behind Blake.He leaned back in his chair and looked at Xena with open mockery.“Ms. Xena, this is a business meeting. You might want to keep your assistant under control instead of letting him run his mout

“Ms. Xena does make a fair point.”“Yeah. My company has never worked with Lucas before, so we don’t really know what he’s capable of. Putting this much money into a project he’s leading does feel risky.”“I’ve worked with him before. Honestly, he was... fine. Nothing special.”“I’ve said it before. He’s always relied on women to get ahead. First, it was Fiona, now it’s Ivy. What real ability could he possibly have?”Before long, doubts about Lucas were spreading throughout the room.Some people were genuinely concerned about the project.Others had old grudges against Lucas and were simply taking advantage of the situation to pile on.Seeing the reaction she had stirred up, a faint smile tugged at Xena’s lips.She looked smugly toward Lucas, who now seemed to have the entire room turning against him.So you thought you could get these investments that easily?Dream on.Maya watched the situation spiral and started to worry.She cleared her throat, ready to step in.“Maya.

Blake hadn’t expected Lucas to be so absolute about it.Panic immediately set in.He had wanted to help Xena embarrass Lucas and, if possible, make him lose face in front of everyone.But Shaw Corporation still had to get into the project.Otherwise, how was he supposed to explain this to Fiona?Fiona had made her instructions very clear.Shaw Corporation had to be part of the project.She had even wanted them to fight for the position of largest investor.Thanks to Xena’s refusal to put up that much money, becoming the largest investor was already out of the question.But they still had to secure a place in the project.If they failed completely, Fiona would be furious.Just remembering the way she had torn into him last time made Blake’s scalp prickle.If he had known Lucas would react like this, he never would have pushed things so far.“Lucas, you’re only the project lead. You don’t have the authority to decide which companies are allowed to invest.”Blake’s anger was

“Kenneth!”Before Kenneth could finish his apology, Lucas cut him off.They had been best friends for years. Lucas knew exactly what he was about to do.He gave Kenneth a firm shake of his head.Xena was the kind of person who took a mile whenever someone gave her an inch.Even if Lucas backed down and apologized now, she might not accept it.Knowing her, she would probably use the opportunity to humiliate him even further just to make herself feel better.She had done it plenty of times in the past.Lucas knew better than to expect anything else from her.“But, Lucas...”Kenneth hesitated.Lucas looked completely confident.He silently mouthed, “Don’t worry.”Blake caught the exchange.His eyes flickered as an idea came to him.He needed to accomplish what Fiona had asked without upsetting Xena.This was the perfect opportunity to smooth things over.“Ms. Xena,” he said quietly, “Ms. Shaw cares a lot about this project. We’re already here. We can’t exactly go back wit

Lucas’s words left the room completely silent.Xena and Blake both looked furious, but neither of them had much of a comeback.They knew perfectly well that Shaw Corporation’s main business had little to do with the industries this project was targeting.Fiona had insisted on investing anyway, so they had gone along with it.They just hadn’t expected Lucas to point that out in front of everyone.Most projects were happy to take money wherever they could get it.Whether an investor’s business actually fit the project usually came second to securing the funding.But Lucas had rejected Shaw Corporation’s money over and over again.Could it be that this project really wasn’t short on cash?For the first time, Xena started to wonder.She had barely looked at the project details.All she knew was that it was being developed in partnership with the city.Beyond that, she hadn’t bothered reading much.The moment she heard Fiona wanted to invest in a project Lucas was running, ange