Layla hadn't expected Damian to value Weston Group so highly. When the AI partnership fell through, he immediately handed them a different project.
It sounded suspiciously like compensation.
Blake gave Layla a meaningful look. "I get the feeling Stratos Group originally planned to award it to Weston Group, but Damian changed his mind at the last minute."
Layla's fork paused. Trying to sound casual, she asked, "Really? Wasn't it because our technology was better?"
Blake stopped dancing around the subject. He put down his fork and stared at her expectantly. "Layla—do you know Damian Sinclair?"
When Blake received the news that they had won the night before, his excitement had quickly given way to suspicion.
His younger colleague had always been calm and rational. Marching into a prospe
