She barely touched her food, wondering if the person in the garden was still there.

After leaving the Richardson Manor, Leanne got into the car, leaned back in her seat, and zoned out, not speaking a word.

Jake started the car and pulled out of the driveway, asking, "Mrs. Richardson, heading back to Leanne's Castle?"

Leanne hummed in response, and after a long pause, as if she had just snapped back to reality or had a change of heart, she turned her gaze from the window back to Jake and instructed, "Let's go to ElitePinnacle instead."

The June sun blazed as a modern woman in business attire strode past the car, her confident steps making her curls bounce. The skyscrapers towered above, their silver-gray glass façades reflecting a dazzling yet cold light.

Leanne took the elevator up, and the receptionist had already informed the CEO's secretary of her arrival.

As Leanne stepped out of the elevator, the secretary, dressed in a sharp suit, greeted her respectfully and led her into Curtis' office.

"Mr. Richardson is in a meeting, and you can wait a moment. I'll get you some coffee!"

down and settled into the leather sofa in the

office was in a minimalist business style, dominated by black, white, and gray. She hadn't paid much attention to it

at Echo Summit, still set as his

longer his meeting would last, Leanne felt drowsy, and

emptiness inside, like a dark, bottomless pit. She didn't want to go home

to receive institutional investor subscriptions mid-month, with plans to go public the following month. However, troubles

media outlets had reported on SolidAxis Engineering's plans for massive layoffs, with hundreds of employees protesting and negative publicity swirling, raising

had erupted too suddenly, and SolidAxis Engineering's inexperienced PR department was too slow to react, failing to contain

they had stumbled at the final hurdle, frustrating and exasperating

covering this. It seems someone's targeting us on

it's SolidAxis Engineering, not

say that? Since we returned from Bullion Boulevard, countless local brokers have been eyeing us hungrily. If this project with SolidAxis Engineering falls through, guess how they'll spin it

in his chair, his handsome features

with a pen in his right hand, tapping it absentmindedly on the

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