"We'll discuss your judgment later," Lu Cheng said quietly, his voice cold enough to freeze water. "Your spectacular failure to properly assess who and what Lin Shuyin had become. Right now, we need to figure out how to contain this situation before she realizes just how much leverage she actually has. Before she understands she could probably take over the entire company if she pushed hard enough."
But in the hallway outside, walking back toward her corner office with her team surrounding her like a protective detail around a head of state, Shuyin smiled.
She knew exactly how much leverage she had.
She understood her power completely.
And she was just getting started.
This was only the opening move in a much longer game, and she intended to win every single round.
The board meeting had just concluded, and the door barely closed behind Lin Shuyin and her enforcers before the carefully maintained facade of corporate professionalism shattered completely.
