Crossed Lines
Photos from the press event flooded every feed: him and Elara shoulder to shoulder, smiling just enough to look dangerous together.
The headlines weren’t about business anymore.
They were about them.
CrossTech’s shareholders were divided. Duval Holdings’ board, predictably, went silent, Clarisse’s version of sharpening knives.
By the third day, the leaks started.
Anonymous “insiders” claimed Elara had been using Damon’s influence to climb the board ranks. That she’d undermined senior engineers. That her role was in the technology department was symbolic, decorative, even.
Bullshit, every word of it. But it was calculated bullshit.
Bab Populer