Asher's POV
The quarterly review meeting had just ended.
For once...
Everything had gone exactly as planned.
The third-quarter projections were locked, the board was entirely appeased, and the regional directors had filed out without a single objection to the expanded budget allocations. The air inside the glass boardroom finally settled into a rare, still calm.
Employees slowly left the boardroom.
They filed through the polished glass doors in quiet, murmuring pairs, clutching their leather folders and notebooks, relieved to have survived another high-stakes morning.
Parker gathered the files while Elena organized the meeting notes.
"That went remarkably smooth, boss," Parker remarked casually, tapping a stack of financial reports against the table to align the edges. "I think Dir
