Rowan’s POV
She walked in and placed the file on his desk. “The portfolio problem. The client’s directives are contradictory because they’re based on outdated risk parameters. I cross-referenced their stated goals with their actual trading history from the last eighteen months. I proposed a new allocation model that aligns with their real behavior, not what they say they want. The math is on page two.”
Silas opened the file. He scanned the page. His expression didn’t change, but I saw his eyes move quickly, absorbing.
“The market reports,” she continued. “The data was in the ‘Archive_ZH’ subfolder under the Singapore server. I used a translation overlay on the system to get the gist, then correlated the key figures with the publicly reported indexes to check for discrepancies. There’s a
