Side Chick Era... Over

Sharon murmured softly to herself, “Climb up by stepping on Victoria?”

Thomas’s voice was calm, each word precise and cutting. “Victoria’s starting point has always been higher than

yours

–

-in both resources and connections. Your three brothers have been embedded in the company for years. With their support, she operates with inherent advantage. If you compete with her on conventional terms within the corporate structure, you will lose. You need a different strategy.”

Sharon considered this. “What do you recommend?”

“The business world is no different from a battlefield,” Thomas stated. “The oldest strategies of war apply perfectly. There’s no virtue in chaining yourself to the ‘righteous‘ path. Besides, very few who reach the top get there with clean hands.

“Imagine you and Victoria are bidding on the same major project, and your proposal is objectively superior. Once your brothers catch wind of it, how do you think they’ll ensure Victoria wins?”

He didn’t need to finish. Sharon already knew. They would apply pressure, offer bribes, or make threats. If that failed, they could always call on Jamie or Cole to lean on the decision–makers.

She finally understood what Thomas was implying.

to the Kalen family, peaceful coexistence with

why not use

and Lex for now–the three Kalen brothers

go around them. A detour would be a waste

there was no way around… she would

counsel. She hadn’t returned to the Kalen family to play fair with

him with a faint smile. “Thomas, you’ve

it. Thomas was frighteningly

stray thought flickered through her mind, ‘What

of her brief distraction. He gestured toward her laptop. “What Xavier wrote isn’t useless. You can still use

refocused, she realized

the back of her chair and the other braced near the laptop–effectively

of his chest.

their proximity. One hand navigated the mouse while the other, holding a pen, pointed at specific points on the screen as he explained his

Chapter 1066

clean scent of his cologne