Vince Moretti doesn’t read most of his own email.
He has assistants for that—layers of them, filtering and summarizing until only the most important items reach his personal inbox.
This is why the subject line catches his eye.
> SUBJECT: Preliminary Outline – Heritage Consultancy (Crownline / Moretti / Kade)
His hand stills on his glass.
He opens the attachment.
Three names sit side by side in a neat header:
> CROWNLINE HERITAGE GROUP
> MORETTI DEVELOPMENT
> KADE DYNAMICS
A thin crack spiders silently down the side of the crystal tumbler.
He scrolls. Page three. There it is.
> Lead Design Consultant: Ava Moretti.
The glass creaks in his grip. Amber liquid beads along the fracture.
“Sir?” his assistant ventures from the doorway. “The board is ready fo
