"Ha! Is it that you're not interested, or that you're not capable?" Griffin smirked, his tone laced with mockery. "Tell you what, for Evelyn's sake, I'll give you a little perk. You put in 100 thousand, and I'll give you a million worth of stock. How does that sound?"
Gabriel remained calm as he replied, "No thanks. I'm not interested in a company that's about to go bankrupt."
Griffin stiffened, his grin faltering. "What did you just say?"
His smile froze as he tried to process Gabriel's words, not sure if he'd heard correctly.
"I said," Gabriel repeated evenly, "I'm not interested in a company that's about to go bankrupt."
"Bankrupt?"
The entire room went silent, and everyone stared at Gabriel in disbelief.
"You're talking nonsense!" Griffin snapped, jumping to his feet. His denial
