Vincent's pov
The conference room on the forty-fifth floor of Ashford Technologies had floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the city skyline. Usually, I found the view calming, a reminder of everything I'd built.
Today, it just made me feel exposed.
"Let me make sure I understand this correctly," I said, keeping my voice level even as tension coiled in my gut. "The Houghton Group is expanding into the United States?"
James Chadwick, my senior VP of strategic development, nodded grimly. He'd called this emergency meeting an hour ago, pulling me out of back-to-back calls with investors.
"They made the official announcement this morning," James said, pulling up a news article on the large screen at the end of the table. "Houghton Group, Asian's largest commercial real estate developm
