Chapter 227

• Mason’s POV
• Nathan scribbles his signature so fast I’m surprised the paper doesn’t catch fire. Each pen stroke is aggressive, short, filled with the kind of fury only a delayed deal and a missed personal deadline can summon.
• “These were meant to be here yesterday,” he mutters, flipping the next page like it’s personally offended him. “People wonder why expansion plans get delayed—this is why. No one ever sticks to the fucking timeline.”