Chapter 4
Marcus attempted to round the marble table, raising his hands in a placating gesture designed to soothe an escalating corporate crisis.
"Just listen to me for one minute, Vanessa; we can talk about this in the study like adults," Marcus pleaded, his breath coming in shallow gasps.
"I am currently acting with the utmost adult composure, Marcus, which is precisely why you should be terrified right now," Vanessa countered coldly.
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She reached into her small black handbag, her fingers sliding over the cold metal edge of an encrypted digital recording device.
Every word spoken in this dining room was being captured and beamed directly to her private corporate legal team downtown.
