BENEATH THE BILLIONAIRE SILENCE

eyes roaming from the signature line to the gr

ng his utterance. "You sai

my terms, With a succession p

s... isn

d without me. They pushed it through the minute they thought I

ending review. The legal department is 'looking into recent financial activit

ait, they can ju

tightened. "T

on the table, his fingers d

"for Fifteen years, and now it's being gutted by

him, But she also knew it wasn't

"Okay, You need

ooked up

ust noise anymore, This is theft, This is erasure. If you don't fight back now, yo

ing back to

t while you pretend it doesn't matter. You don't have to be seated on a th

rder than she pr

of your influence, at least on the charitable side. The tech li

roze.

nted. No board approval. The new team w

er. "They're tryin

ched. "I'm just

-

fee between them. Ivy pulled up files, Maya typed furiously, and Damian, now stripped

y said. "A voice that doesn't t

head. "That'll be

first found you? Eva Durell. She said she wanted

feed the beast

to tell your story, Your vers

-

ning, Damian

tely, but by mid-afternoon

one shot. M

rby park-neutral ground, no

d at the c

control strategies and building a firewall between Damian

journalists,"

ionaires," Maya sai

-

long a muddy pond when Eva approached, dressed in je

e?" she aske

rotection," he said. "Ther

cord button, and said,

he

t Maya, about hiding his name to find something real, About fal

ll; When he was finished, s

story anyone exp

's the

d. "I bel

didn't expect

gry billionaires and lost men trying to find something honest. I

nk y

you should know, your former board isn't waiting around.

ind of

nts you as unstabl

aled slowl

welve hours to g

ithout ano

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anning headlines, watching as Damian's name climb

r phone

il fro

truth. It's

e article Eva had written-ra

at was

m of the ema

too. Want to write a response

red at t

omach

she

heart

nt of a world ready

vered over

started

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few days, the sun had broken through the clouds

ad already gathered outside-locals, curious visitors, people who had re

n brough

and whispered, "You were co

appening. She wasn't used to tha

wiping her e

e extreme of the counter,

Her response,

s on the f

ow. "You're a bett

" she said, l

Thank you, for trusti

ated... t

over it,"

expect yo

a moment, the smell of fresh coffe

outh to say something more, Ivy

lding up her phone. "It's on the agenda for the emerge

nt cold. "Afte

eak now," Ivy said.

lenched

oked up at

rash the