The opulent office was thick with palpable tension as Ace Kane's biting sarcasm left Jude Montgomery seething, his face a canvas of escalating fury. Unaccustomed to such open defiance, Jude pushed himself up from the plush sofa, his movements stiff with indignant pride. "If you can acquire both of our companies, Ace," he declared, a desperate bravado in his voice that barely masked his fuming rage, "I'll personally serve as your executive assistant!"
Ace Kane let out an incredulous laugh that grated on Jude's nerves. "Are you serious? You're trying to muscle in on a position that hard? If you two were to actually take over my company, I'd aim higher – like UN Secretary-General, wouldn't I?" He paused, then delivered the final, crushing blow. "You want all the good fortune, and still expec
