# Chapter 23: Intentional
Sera knew he had arrived at ten forty-three because Ada sent one line through the internal system: *He's here.*
She finished the paragraph she was reading. Made two notes in the margin. Poured herself water from the carafe on her desk. At eleven o'clock, she picked up the Draven folder and walked to the meeting room.
Seventeen minutes.
Not a performance. Just the correct amount of time for a man who had requested a meeting about a transaction that was already closed and could not be undone.
…
Roman had been in the Montague Industries lobby for sixteen minutes when Ada appeared and said: "Ms. Montague will see you now."
The lobby was not what he had expected. He had expected corporate glass and chrome, the same language as his own building. What he got was o
