The boardroom’s tension crackled with electricity as Mrs Josephine’s fingers flew across her tablet, drafting the press release with surgical precision.
“Austra CEO Micheal Robinson Hospitalized after Brutal Attack. Lockwood Deal sparks Retaliation?” Mike read the headline out loud with his throat tightened and croaked, “This is…aggressive.”
Mr Liam didn’t blink. He just stared blankly at the tablet and muttered, “Perception is everything. Bio-tech wants to scare investors? We will give them a martyr instead.” He tapped his temple and continued briskly, “Right now, Stewart is celebrating. Let him get reckless.”
Carter leaned in and asked with his face scrunched up in worry, “The press will swarm the hospital. How do we—?”
“Private wing. There will be no visitors,” Mrs Josephine cuts in
