"You..." Daniel's finger was still frozen mid-air.
Vivian burst through the door, her hand clamped around a mobile phone. She hadn't even hung up the call yet, and the urgent voice of the PR firm's account manager came through the earpiece.
"Daniel, something's wrong! The PR firm says if we want to keep working with them, we have to pay double the rush fee right away, and they only accept cash or instant transfer!"
"Then use the emergency payment channel!" Daniel roared.
"We can't!" Vivian's makeup was smudged, mascara leaving a dark streak at the corner of her eye. "Headquarters' compliance system is undergoing an upgrade today. All emergency expenses over $10,000 require both the joint signatures of partners and dual video authorization from the New York headquarters. We won't get th
