Adler floored it all the way to Burke International.

The security guards at the entrance recognized Sophie and Adler and immediately tried to block their way.

"Ms. Sophie! Mr. Adler! You can't come in!"

"If you don't want any trouble, move!" Adler shouted, slamming the accelerator. The guards scrambled out of the way as Adler's car crashed through the gates, the sound of shattering glass echoing through the air. "Sophie! You go ahead! I'll cover you!"

"Got it!" Sophie replied, jumping out of the car and storming towards the building. The guards, initially poised to stop her, were paralyzed by her sheer determination.

Sophie took the CEO's private elevator straight to the conference room floor. Stepping out, she found the room deserted, save for James.

his side, everything reminiscent of the old days in Devonport, where James

glanced at her, his expression cold. "Mrs. Costello,

in, "Ms. Sophie, the shareholders' meeting just concluded. Mr. Burke was unanimously re-elected

in on James. "Do you

up the share transfer

that your doing?" Sophie

barely lifted his gaze. "Mrs. Costello, I don't

it that you don't know, or

James would own up to it. If he had, she might have believed it wasn't really him behind

genuinely don't know what you're talking about What does

icy. "Mrs. Costello, if you came for the shareholders' meeting, fine. But it's over now.

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