The next morning, I was already at my desk when Andrew walked inside with a knowing smirk on his face."You're going love this." he said before sliding his phone across my desk.I look at the screen and sees the bew headlines were flooding the internet.'Renver Interprises's Cybersecurity Partners Under Fire for Major Vulnerabilities''Security Breaches Expose Flaws in Renver Interprises's Infrastructure. Their Stock Drops at 7%''Can Hansel Renver Recover from This?'I leaned back on my chair and feels satisfied."Heh. It's right on schedule."Soon, Evan walks inside my office next while holding his laptop. "Sir, Hansel is starting to scramble. His PR team is working overtime but their investors are nervous. Some of them are already pulling out."Andrew whistles when he heard that. "That's gotta sting so bad.""But he's not going to take this lying down." Evan said.I nodded my head in agreement. "No. He will surely hit us back hard."And as if on cue, my phone vibrates with a not

The Titan Systems partnership should have been a turning point. But instead, it was the moment Hansel decided to stop playing fair. By Monday morning, the first sign of trouble finally hit.Andrew stormed into the conference room with a pale face. "This is bad! Hansel just went for our investors."I looked up from my laptop. "Huh? Explain it."Andrew threw a printed report onto the table. Evan grabbed it first and scans the contents before swearing under his breath."What did he do?" Robert asked with a frown.Andrew's jaw tightened before looking at Robert."He pulled half our newest investors away from us."Evan's head snapped up. "How?"Andrew exhaled sharply. "He didn't just bribe them. He scared them off big time."Then Andrew pulled up a new document. "He sent fabricated risk assessments to our top investors. There are new fake reports claiming Magnus Tech has unstable financials, an unreliable supply chain and even potential security flaws."Evan clenched his fists. "Tha

Hansel's move was brilliant. I hated to admit it but he had played us flawlessly. By the time our fake security flaw became real, the news had already leaked. Investors were panicking again and customers were demanding answers. Hansel didn't just damage us. He made sure we looked like frauds.And the worst of all?We had no idea how he pulled it off.Andrew slammed his hands on the desk. "I locked everything down but it's not enough. If we can't trace how the vulnerability was planted then we can't fix it."Robert is cursing under his breath too. "Hansel has got us playing defense."I shook my head. "No. We don't play defense."Evan looked at me. "Then what's the plan, sir?"I exhaled sharply and forcing my thoughts to clear. We were backed into a corner. Everything was at stake. But if Hansel thought I'd break under pressure, then he was underestimating me."We turn this on its head.""Evan. We will not make any damage control. We will go on the attack.""Okay, sir. I'm listening

The sound of glass shattering echoed through the grand hallways of Hansel Renver's mansion. A crystal decanter slammed against the marble floor and its contents staining the pristine white surface like blood.Hansel stood in the middle of his study. His chest rising and falling rapidly and his fists are tightly clenched. The elegant room that is once a symbol of his power and control was now in disarray. Papers were strewn across the desk. There's also an overturned chair lay in the corner and shards of glass glistened under the warm glow of the chandelier.His plans had crumbled.He had pulled every string. Hansel used every contact. And still, Chandler managed to turn the tables on him. It was supposed to be Chandler who was desperate, broken and crawling.Instead, Hansel was the one seething in his own home and drowning in rage.Soon, a soft knock at the door barely registered in his fury. He gritted his teeth and running a hand through his disheveled hair. The door creaked open an

Jannica thought she was winning. And I was going to let her believe it for just a little longer.She wanted to play the mastermind? Then fine. We will feed her enough rope to hang herself."Just maintain the act." I told Evan, Robert, and Andrew as we reviewed our strategy. "We will let her think that she is hurting us."Andrew looks at me before he smirked. "Oh? So you want her to be overconfident."I nodded my head. "Yes. Overconfident people make mistakes. Remember?"And with that plan, we made calculated several concessions. It was small and controlled losses that looked like Jannica's plans were succeeding against us.These are things like a minor supplier 'backed out' of a deal and it was the one we had already replaced weeks ago. There was also a few whispers spreading in investor circles but only the ones we wanted. We also let her interfere with one project. But it was a fake expansion initiative that was nothing more than a decoy.And by the end of the week, Jannica was th