All Chapters of I AM MY STEPBROTHER'S OBSESSION : Chapter 141 - Chapter 142

The glass boardroom on the forty-second floor of Colebridge Capital felt like a pressure cooker about to blow. Luca stood at the head of the mahogany table, knuckles turned white from how hard he was pressing them into the polished wood. Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows the city was completely smothered in gray fog, but inside the air was thick with cigarette smoke, cheap coffee, and that sharp metallic tang of pure panic. Sixteen board members sat in the high-backed leather chairs, faces pale and tight. Across from Luca sat the standard counsel plus three outside crisis consultants Reid had dragged in at six that morning. “You are out of options, Luca,” Reid said. His voice was flat, razor-sharp, and completely empty of sympathy. He dropped a thick white folder in the middle of the table. “Stock dropped another seven percent at the open. Three of our biggest institutional investors already threatened to dump everything by noon if we don’t put out a clear statement. This isn’t