The Billionaire's Reckoning
All I knew was that I had to make a decision, and soon.
The next day, I sat in the cafeteria, sipping my coffee and nibbling on a stale breakfast pastry. The TV in the corner was blaring, but I wasn't paying much attention to it. I was lost in my own thoughts, still trying to process the proposal Claus had made to me the day before.
But then, suddenly, the TV caught my attention. A breaking news alert flashed on the screen, and the anchor's voice was urgent and serious.
"We interrupt your regular programming to bring you this breaking news," the anchor said. "The billionaire owner of Montenegro Industries is mourning the sudden passing of his wife, the mother of CEO Raphael Montenegro."