Desmond Hale stifled a smile. Today was the day he had been waiting for. Liam Hawthorne was going down. So what iif he was the owner of the empire? It was going to end up being his - Desmond Hale's. He had not spent months plotting all this in vain. He was going to teach Lam how this game was played.
The Hawthorne Boardroom was packed.
Press swarmed the front lobby. Protesters filled the sidewalks.
The leak about Liam’s “financial mismanagement” had gone viral overnight.
And now, Desmond Hale stood at the head of the table, flanked by three senior board members.
“I move for a vote of no confidence in CEO Liam Hawthorne,” he announced. “Effective immediately.”
Gasps rippled through the room.
Liam sat silently at the far end of the table. Calm. Composed. But cold.
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