Cloudcrest.
CEO’s Office.
The doors flew open with a bang that echoed down the hall, then slammed shut so hard the ceiling lights rattled. Aiden followed close behind Clive, hardly daring to breathe.
Today was supposed to be Clive’s victory lap. He’d stood before the shareholders, brimming with confidence, talking up the national partnership with Green Wall and teasing a military aviation project he swore he’d land next month. The board was on the verge of buying every word.
No one expected Sammy to step in and blow it all up. Cool as ever, he pointed out that Clive’s Green Wall partnership was barely a foot in the door—not a single piece of the core business. If Green Wall wanted a new partner, they could swap Clive out in a second. And that aviation project? Sammy called it exactly what it was—a fantasy. Not even a draft agreement existed. Clive was all talk.
Everyone knew the rivalry between Clive and Sammy wasn’t new, but this time, Sammy came armed for war. He dropped a stack of Clive’s dirty laundry—cheating rumors, divorce gossip, the nightclub fight, losing the West Medicine account. He made it his mission to bury Clive’s reputation on the spot.
Then Sammy went in for the kill: he demanded Clive be kicked off the board.
Clive wasn’t worried—at first. The shareholders backing Sammy didn’t hold enough shares to touch him.
But out of nowhere, Sammy pulled out another eight percent of voting power—Amelia’s technical shares.


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