I touched my glass to his. “A partnership, Alexander? Or were you still observing?”
He rested his elbows on the railing and looked over the city.
“Every investment begins with observation. I bet on founders, so I needed to see what you did under absolute pressure.”
He turned back to me. “Liam’s decision exposed a weakness in the leadership. Your silence worried me at first. Then you used the all-hands meeting to protect the core assets before StarTech could waste them too.”
I set my glass on the railing. Alexander’s first text had offered analysis, never rescue. He had waited for me to decide what could be saved.
“So you watched?”
“I watched you stop funding people who were destroying the company and keep control of the patents. Most founders would have tried one more negotiation. I
