The sheer shamelessness of that question left Wren speechless with anger. Back when she first presented Dawnblade to the investment committee, every single person in that room had voted against it. She had stayed awake all night rewriting proposal after proposal until she finally produced a version everyone approved of. She'd even taken full personal responsibility for the investment risks before the project was finally pushed through to today's signing stage. And now? Now that Patrick had perfected the technology and Dawnblade was showing massive potential, they wanted to swoop in and seize everything without warning. The truly disgusting part was that they were the shameless ones, yet Adrian's attitude made it sound as though she was being unreasonable. Inside the office, Wren clenche

