Julian doesn’t sit when the legal team files into the conference room.
“Timeline,” he says, before anyone finishes opening a laptop.
His general counsel clears her throat. “We’re reviewing options for extension—”
“I don’t want options,” Julian cuts in. “I want compression on our end and delay on hers.”
He moves to the head of the table but doesn’t take the chair. Standing keeps him sharper. Above them, the glass walls reflect a controlled image—executive composure, contained authority.
“File procedural objections,” he continues. “Challenge jurisdictional framing. Slow it.”
“On what grounds?” one of the associates asks carefully.
“Any viable grounds.”
A beat.
“Sir,” the general counsel says, tone neutral, “she’s preempted most delay tactics.”
He turns his head slowly. “Most?”
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