The moment the elevator doors opened, the executive floor descended into controlled chaos.
Phones rang nonstop.
Employees moved quickly from office to office.
Conversations were short, urgent, and tense.
The calm confidence that had existed an hour ago had completely disappeared.
The signed Ashcroft proposal package was missing.
And they had less than ten minutes before the most important meeting Vale Group had held all year.
Naomi stood frozen for only a second before forcing herself into motion.
Panic wasn't going to find the file.
Thinking clearly might.
"I'm checking the conference room again," she said.
Marcus Grant nodded immediately.
"I'll search the print room and every office on this floor."
Sebastian was already moving.
"I'll check my office and the boardroom."
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