New beginning: Billionaire love story

Chapter 97

Chapter 97 Keep on dreaming

The next day, Claire sat in her office, staring blankly at her computer screen

Hermind was a whithwind of thoughts. Should she go to HIP's office to demand answers, or confront someone at Venus? Or should she retrain from visiting either company? She knew she couldn't just let it go; she needed to find out how Venus had gotten their hands on her ideas.

As she was pondering hernest move, the door to her office burst open. She jumped, startled out of her thoughts, and glared at the intruder. It was Robert, Ils face thshed with anger.

"Claire!" he shouted, stonning into the room. "How did this happen? Hp is collaborating with Venus now,

our biggest rival!"

Claire took a deep breath, trying to keep her composure. "Robert do not shout at me like that. And never burst into my office without knocking," she said coldly, her eyes narrowing. Her face was deadly serious.

Robert swallowed hard, a hint of nervousness thickering across his face, but he tried to maintain his angry facade. "I need to know what happened with HP. This is a disasted!"

Claire's annoyance deepened. She caused an eyebrow. "How do you even know about it? As far as I know, the collaboration with Hp was confidential."

Robert froze, his mind racing. He hadn't anticipated this question, though he knew it was only a matter of time before Claire asked. He hesitated before answering. "I overheard your secretary talking to the HP team over the phone. You should tell her to be careful next time.'

Claire narrowed her eyes, not entirely convinced. There was something off about Robert's explanation, but she chose to ignore it for now

Robert continued talking. "How did this happen Claire?

want to explain it to him, but Robert is still a part of Metacortex since he has 25% of the shares.

Claire doesn't want

work? raising her brows at Robert

part of this company, Claire and I deserve to know what happened

a deep breath, trying to calm herself. "Fine. You want to know what happened? Venus stole our ideas. That's what

announced the release of their new software through online streaming." Claire explained. "When I watched it, all the ideas were exactly what we discussed with our team. The only difference

indisbelief as he stared at Claire "Venus copy our ideas? Are you sure? We may be cival, but I don't they will go this

you doubting me? You don't even know the progress on Cortex 2.0, Robert. You couldn't differentiate it even if you

this would happen. My Intuition was right. Claire, you u are not ready to be the

in disbelief. "And do you think you are a good CEO than

glare. "Says the one who lose a potential client and their project

to suppress her anger. After all she is still in the company, and she needs to maintain her image and professionalism. "What are you trying to say here, Robert? That I'm not capable of naming this company? That I don't deserve this position? Robert's expression hardened. "Yes, you are not capable, Give me back my position and I will take care of everything. You clearly can't handle

it funny and ironic. "Are you hearing yourself,

desk and leaning forward. Her eyes bore into Robert's with a deadly seriousness. "Do you really think that by ordering me around, I will just hand over my position to you? That's not going to happen. Keep on dreaming." Robert sneered. "You've already

mean have failed at managing this company Projects come and go. It's

frowned, clearly taken aback by her defiance. "You've gone soft on your employees. They're probably stabbing you in the back

"I trust my employees.

you're not cut out for this. You're very nice, Claire. You don't understand the ruthlessness required

my employees is not a weakness, it's an

the business world perfectly w

part of

respond, Claire cut him off, bringing up a sore point from his past. "Remember your so-called friend, Pedro Petain? The one

his anger palpable. Claire chuckled, the sound dripping with sarcasm "Don't worry, Robert. My employees aren't like Petain. I know

can trust."

face tighted, and he said seriously, "After everything that's happened, you still have confidence in leading