Sarah Lacy followed Matthew Powell back into the conference room, her footsteps light, though her mind was heavy with a newfound sense of awe. She wasn’t merely watching her husband navigate a business deal; she was witnessing a masterclass in strategic warfare.
She had spent years studying market trends, analyzing the fiscal health of the Lacy Corporation, and trying to keep the family’s legacy afloat through sheer grit. But Matthew? He operated on a plane she hadn't even considered. While she had been fixated on the immediate threat—the looming litigation and the tantalizing prospect of a two-hundred-billion-dollar breach-of-contract penalty—Matthew had been looking past the horizon. He didn't care about a one-time windfall that would be tied up in the State Bureau’s legal system for a
