Chapter 147

• Liam had been admirable, I’d give him that. Strategic, measured, and humane qualities rare in the business elite. But with Westhaven’s volatile second heir poised to take over after Liam's sudden passing, that fragile balance was hanging by a thread. The younger brother was impulsive, aggressive, and completely unpredictable a corporate warmonger, the kind who’d gut a rival company just to watch it bleed. Liam had held him back for years. But now? There was no telling what storm was coming.
• After a long discussion filled with contingency planning and damage control, the conversation shifted unexpectedly to me.
• Logan leaned back in his chair, glass of whiskey in hand, and said with unearned nonchalance, “I’ve already spoken to the board Victoria in particular about bringing Cassandra into the executive circle. Permanently.”