People rarely raised their voices around Adrian Keller. Not because he demanded silence. He had never needed to. The conference room on the forty-third floor overlooked Madrid, but nobody at the table was looking at the view. Twelve people. Three companies. Two law firms. Almost four billion euros sitting behind numbers on a screen. They had been arguing for twenty-seven minutes. Adrian had said nothing. Finally, one of the men across from him leaned forward. “Without our distribution network, this deal doesn't work.” Adrian looked at him. “It does.” “Not at the valuation you're proposing.” “Then don't accept it.” Silence. The man blinked. “Excuse me?” Adrian closed the folder in front of him. “You believe I need your company. I don't. Integrating your network saves us approximately eighte
