Chapter 3 - Daniel Mercer Briefs The Astonished Executive Board
Inside the fifty-fifth-floor boardroom, twelve senior partners sat around a massive walnut conference table in total silence.
Daniel Mercer stood at the head of the room, tapping a polished silver fountain pen against a stack of audited financial reports.
“As you all know, the board has operated under a strict trust mandate since the passing of Jonathan Whitmore three years ago,” Daniel announced.
“Tonight, that mandate concludes, and control transfers entirely to his designated successor,” he continued calmly.
A murmur rippled through the assembled executives, many of whom had watched Claire grow up from a brilliant little girl into a sharp financial mind.
“Is she prepared to assume full operational control of the conglomerate?” asked Thomas Vance, senior vice president of global acquisitions.
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“She has just signed her divorce papers and severed every legal tie to the Harrington family,” Daniel replied with a slight, knowing smile.
“Then I pity Ethan Harrington and his mother,” Thomas murmured, adjusting his glasses. “They have no idea what they just unleashed.”
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