Adrian POV
The market opens at nine.
I begin dismantling Marcus Hale’s future at eight-thirty.
Glass walls surround the executive conference room, turning the city into a silent audience. Screens glow across the far wall, numbers streaming in disciplined columns. Green. Red. Movement disguised as chaos.
There is nothing chaotic about this morning.
“Begin,” I say.
Daniel Reyes, my chief legal strategist, nods once and taps his tablet. The first projection appears.
HALE GLOBAL SHARE DISTRIBUTION MODEL
Percentages shift across the screen like tectonic plates.
Public shareholders. Institutional funds. Legacy family holdings.
Weak points.
Always have weak points.
“Overnight acquisitions finalized through the Singapore vehicle,” Daniel reports. “Three percent transferred at market op
