The room did not recover.
Not immediately.
Not even gradually.
Because what had just been said refused to settle into something normal.
The second largest shareholder.
Amelia Hart.
Those two things did not belong together in anyone’s understanding of the company. Not in the structure they knew. Not in the hierarchy they trusted. Not in the reality they had been operating in.
And yet.
It’s proving to be true.
There she was.
A quiet murmur began to spread across the room, low voices overlapping in controlled disbelief. No one raised their voice, no one broke decorum, but the shift was undeniable. Eyes moved. Expressions changed. Calculations began.
“How is that possible…?” someone whispered.
“We would have known…”
“Unless it was concealed…”
Alexander didn’t join them.
He didn’
