Chapter Thirty Three
The story broke three days before Rafael planned to bring Cassian’s crimes to the board — not from Rafael’s side, but from an anonymous tip that landed on a financial reporter’s desk with the kind of precision that told Rafael immediately who had sent it.
Sources close to Knox Aurelius suggest CEO Rafael Knox may be delaying a formal inquiry into a family member’s conduct — raising questions about whether personal loyalty is compromising his judgment at a critical moment for the company.
Rafael read it twice at his desk before calling Warren.
“He is trying to get ahead of us,” Warren said, once he had pulled up the article himself. “Frame it as you protecting Cassian instead of building a case against him. If the board reads this before they hear the actual evidenc
