Corporate Secret And Lies

ses were preternaturally heightened due to what she had heard. Hers was a believable reaction borne out of fear, telling her that this was a decisive moment-one w

s anything but normal. There was a man dressed in a black suit with messy hair and looking clearly distressed;

e man who had entered the house and appeared to be weighing his

g to evade the question, he said, "Julian, you need to listen to me," struggling with stu

m in the tone he used with Aria. "You mean 'gone wrong' lik

"It's Archer Holdings-they've decided not to go through with it-they're withdrawing their funding of the

of the major players in the deal; its participation was very important for the realization of the merger. The possible

ot hiding his wrath. "Who is behind it? And how did those villa

ore looking back at Roma. "It is... it is an insider. Someone who is p

in the Price Industries that someone was

ked at Elena. Every 10 years or so, when the topic comes up again, the enigm

head in disbelief. "No, I had no idea. But if

napped back to look at Julian. "I need their names, and I want them in the next hour. You need

lo Julian, I heard everything; don't worry, I wil

s it was a personal matter to him, and so this was different. Someone was, purposely, aiming at tearing down all th

ld like you to think with your brain now: is there anyone in your f

escription of the man. But, apparently, there was nobody that came to one's mind-not at

time here in Las Vegas, and whoever is behind this is toying with the cit

was not going to sit idly and watch a stranger erase all the achievements she has made in life. "They'll go back to the paperwork;

ke respect in his eyes. "I will employ the saying, 'If your hands are dir

ing I have fear of when it comes to my family or our business, and if a

ldn't help but dread in her bones. "Good. We are o

ething a lot harsher-resolve. Elena recognized the gravity of the situation, warm fuzzy feelings m

ng, and Elena felt that she was standing on the sand. In this regard, the stakes rose signifi

out more complications to the tangled lie they were trying to unravel. Then gradually, with the break of dawn, it came out in

"This isn't some sort of money and power play anymore, Elena. That is pure, persona

y did all these people want us to fail? Wha

not always about getting a benefit; i

over a town, and Elena agreed with him. This was not simpl

hanged, and they knew it. They were now on the same side; they were fig

have wished that they could survive this kind of relationship a

the individual who wanted to destroy their re

rang on the table. He looked at the screen, and withi

be done; we are too important to allow ourselves to be swallo

readers know it immediately, which is the b

determination to do something that she had never seen befo