's
to the face. I stood on the sidewalk outside Vane Tower, watching the flashing l
contract was real. I thought I was writing an exposé,
fingers were shaking t
n, I realized I was the one who had been programmed. I had been programmed to think that everyone had a
hat contract. I wasn'
Over
. "You did it, kid! The leak is the biggest story of the year. Our servers are melting! Th
I said, my voice sounding
trigger." Marge grabbed my arm, her voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "The board is ousting Vane to
fortress where Julian was currently being dism
on is more important
who really leaked that contract, Julian would lose everything-and he'd spend the rest
I said, pulling
, the story is
nd of the rain and the sirens. "I just
ned, my "Corporate Assassin" look replaced by the desperate energ
an's
silent. It was the
t onto the table. "You used company resources to manufacture a fraudulent romantic relationship for the pu
the bottom, right next to hers. Ivy Joy Clark-
said, my voice sounding strange and mecha
his arms crossed over his chest. "I told the board you were too detached to see the trap. You let
king at the match score on my tablet
TIBILIT
hadn't predicted that she would take the one thing
a pen toward me. "Sign it, and we'll manage the press f
on toast, and the way she had defended me against Sterling just an hour ago.
the paper, the heavy m
wild halo of curls, looking exactly like the "un
creamed, her chest heaving. "I
able. I didn't see a headline. I saw the only person in the world who c
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