Chapter 71 The Fractured Board

• The Wellington Group boardroom was a place of glass and steel, designed to intimidate. The kind of room where silence was a weapon and every polished surface reflected power. Leo had sat at this table hundreds of times already , but tonight it felt different. He wasn’t walking in as the unshakable CEO he was, he was walking in as a man under siege.
• Fred slid into the seat beside him, laptop case propped against his chair. His presence was solid, serving as a quiet anchor. Across the table, Adrian Kane leaned back casually, his expression unreadable but his eyes gleaming with something close to amusement. He knew he still had allies here.
• Leo let the silence stretch a moment before he spoke. “We need to discuss the anomalies in our supplier contracts.”