The Sunday evening sun dipped low behind the Manhattan skyline, casting long, amber shadows across the sprawling floor-to-ceiling windows of Mason’s penthouse office.
Spread out over the wide glass conference table were dozens of financial blueprints, brand wireframes, and market assessment reports. For six hours, Mason and I had worked side by side, picking apart every potential weakness in tomorrow morning's presentation.
I leaned back against the plush leather chair, rubbing the back of my neck to ease the tension building at the base of my skull.
"We've accounted for every standard board objection," I said, my voice slightly raspy from hours of rehearsing. I pointed a pen toward the center projection screen. "The projected revenue shift, the supply chain integration, the interna
