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The BallLaura nodded. “I won’t let them blindside you,” she said.Manuel studied her for a long moment, his breathing slow but heavy.He slowly opened the defense files and realized the vote to remove him will happen the moment the forged public documents are released.He closed them, nodding slightly. He kept back the documents on the table and stared at Laura.Laura felt uncomfortable under his gaze and swallowed, unsure of why he was acting that way. “Are you alright?” Laura asked as she shifted back, while looking at him.He smirked, “yes… follow me to the gala today as my date.” That was true, the Nexagen private gala. It was held yearly. The gala was meant to celebrate unity among Nexagen’s stakeholders and allies.Laura swallowed hard, “that will increase their suspicions.”Manuel waved her off, “I don't care what anyone says.”Laura looked at him, with something keen in her eyes. She has never seen Manuel so vulnerable before, especially in chaos. ____THE GALAThe gala wa
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QUIET VOTES UNDERGROUND NEXAGENAcross another floor inside Nexagen headquarters, people were working and busy with the whole documentations of Manuel's removal strategy.“Cross-check corporate registry timestamp alignment,” one lawyer said.“Already done,” another replied. “Everything matches historical filing patterns.”“And Nightingale’s legal team?”“They won’t detect it immediately. The structure mirrors their internal template formatting.”The lead attorney nodded slowly. “Once this releases publicly,” he said, “Manuel won’t lose just legal standing. He’ll lose shareholder faith.”“New target profile uploaded,” one analyst there announced.The main screen displayed Laura’s photo alongside work credentials and access logs.“Monitoring begins immediately.”*****NIGHTINGALE ESTATES“You’re sure he won’t find out we’re meeting here?”The question came out in a whisper as the elevator doors slid open on the restricted executive floor of Nightingale headquarters. The man who spoke a
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Quiet AgreementsLaura adjusted her grip on the tablet again. “If there’s nothing else, sir, I should return to compliance review.”Manuel nodded, though something heavy settled in his chest as she walked toward the door.Her hand paused on the handle for half a second before she opened it and stepped out.The door closed softly behind her.Manuel stood alone in the office, staring at the place where she had been standing just seconds earlier.He exhaled slowly. His hand hovered over the document Laura had passed him earlier.His thumb traced the corner where her fingers had touched and he closed his eyes briefly, then opened them again.____Back at her desk, Laura sat down quickly, opening her tablet and scrolling through compliance logs faster than necessary. Her eyes weren’t really reading anything now. Her fingers trembled slightly before she clenched them into a fist beneath the desk.“Get yourself together,” she whispered under her breath.Two staff members across the room exc
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UNSTEADY SILENCE NEXAGEN ESTATESTommy stood at the head of a long glass table, his hands resting behind his back as he stared at a projection screen displaying Nightingale’s fluctuating stock behavior.His legal team sat silently, waiting.He smiled faintly. “Fear spreads beautifully,” he said softly, looking at the way the charts were acting up.One of his advisors adjusted his glasses. “The internal memo leak accelerated public speculation faster than predicted.”Tommy nodded slowly. “Manuel’s refusal to respond publicly is helping us.”“Should we initiate the next phase?” another lawyer asked.Tommy turned slightly, his expression calm. “Prepare the public announcement structure,” he said.The room went still. “We are not announcing removal yet,” he continued. “We are announcing our concern.”One advisor smiled slightly. “Which is worse.”Tommy nodded, a smirk spreading across her face. He stood at the center of it all, watching the whole preparations.He finalizes preparations
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PUBLIC NOISE Laura turned the screen toward him and he saw it.Christopher walked closer and placed his both arms on the table, “that's the real sabotage!”Suddenly, Laura's eyes narrowed.“What is it?” Manuel asked, drawing closer to her.Laura didn’t answer immediately. She tapped into the server logs again, rerouting through several encrypted paths before opening a newly surfaced file.Her breath caught slightly. “Sir…” she said slowly.Manuel stepped around the desk, standing beside her. Christopher leaned closer from the opposite side, stealing glances at Manuel.The file displayed an internal memorandum. Official Nightingale formatting and board watermark. Subject line: Preliminary Review of Executive Legitimacy, Manuel Nightingale acting CEO of Nightingale cooperations Manuel’s heart thudded in his chest. Acting they said?! The media was risky for real. Laura opened the document fully. The memo didn’t accuse him directly. It questioned procedural gaps and suggested revalida
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WHISPERS THAT TRAVEL FASTER THAN TRUTH Clara, the senior administrative coordinator appeared before Laura before she went inside Manuel's office.“Clara, have you noticed changes in document routing lately?” Laura asked immediately she stopped in front of her, like she has been expecting her.Clara hesitated before nodding slowly. “Certain approvals are being copied to departments they normally wouldn’t be.”“Without authorization?” Laura pressed.“Yes… and some files are returning with edited timestamps.”Laura’s stomach tightened. She thanked Clara and stepped back into Manuel’s office.He was sitting behind his desk now, staring at Dave’s framed photograph resting near the corner. His father's smile in the picture felt like a ghost watching over the room and then Manuel spoke up before Laura did.“Do you think I’m losing them?” he asked softly.Laura didn’t answer immediately. She walked closer, placing her tablet down carefully on his desk.“I think they’re scared,” she said. “A
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