The office went dead silent. Even the smoke in the room suddenly seemed heavier.
Harrison's face changed color almost visibly in real time—white, then red, then an ugly shade of green.
Inserting damaging material about a competitor into an official business proposal?
That wasn't just shameless. It was amateurish.
It practically screamed that Hawthorne Group thought Foster Group could be manipulated with cheap corporate gossip.
Worse, it implied they believed Julian himself was stupid enough to fall for it.
And everyone in their circle knew one thing.
The Foster family cared deeply about reputation and style. They hated ugly little tricks like this more than anything.
At that point, the project's collapse was practically inevitable.
"Who did this?!" Harrison's roar exploded through
