~ Lily ~
By midday, I had attended two meetings, approved a merger proposal worth an absurd amount of money, rejected three acquisition offers, and spent forty-five minutes pretending to care about a presentation that could have been summarised in a single email.
My attention span was deteriorating rapidly.
And unfortunately, everyone around me seemed determined to test exactly how far it could go.
“…and if we move the projections into the fourth quarter,” one executive continued, pointing toward a graph, “we could potentially increase shareholder confidence by another three point seven percent.”
I nodded. Not because I was listening, but because years of practice had made me exceptionally good at looking like I was.
My phone vibrated beneath the conference table. Normally I ignored
