Marcus sat at his desk surrounded by files he'd been working through for most of the day, his eyes burning from staring at contracts and financial reports for hours.
The office buzzed with energy beyond his door, a different kind than usual. He could hear it in the way people talked in the hallways, in the hushed conversations that stopped when he passed by.
Rumors had started spreading through Apex Holdings like wildfire. The CEO's son was working in the company and would take over soon.
People were speculating, guessing who it could be, running through mental lists of every manager and executive trying to figure out which one had the secret connection to Owen Jensen.
Marcus had heard fragments of conversations throughout the day. Some people thought it was someone from the finance department. Others were convinced it was one of the vice presidents. A few had even suggested it might be Marcus himself.
