Triumph Above All novel

Miles stepped forward to greet Mr. Russell, offering a handshake. “Mr. Russell, glad you could make it. I’m confident we’ll get a fair inspection report with you at the helm,” Miles said with a plastic smile.

Anderson cast a sideways glance at Skylar Stone, smiling slyly as he watched Miles and Mr. Russell exchange greetings amiably. He knew Skylar could not pull any last-minute tricks out of the bag, given the venue was crowded with reporters as well as his friendly relationship with Mr. Russell. Skylar would have to accept that he made a careless blunder.

The smug grins on Anderson and Miles’ faces did not go unnoticed by Skylar. Sensing his opportunity, he turned to Mr. Russell as well. “Mr. Russell, I was the one who made the phone call to your department. I have reason to believe the anti-blemish cream developed by Silverton Corporation contains unsafe ingredients and could lead to harmful side effects.”

“Hmm?” Mr. Russell looked slightly confused. “Another blemish cream?”

Russell. “Mr. Russell, this punk here’s just jealous that our cream works better than theirs, so he’s stirring trouble at our press conference. I would’ve invited your team here even if Mr.

one of his associates. “Bring the equipment

with another colleague, hurried out of

Mr. Russell put on a pair of rubber gloves before picking up the anti-blemish cream jar provided by Miles. He opened it up, observing and sniffing the contents of the jar before

a good angle to stream it!” Several members of the press quickly rushed onto the podium, pointing their cameras and video recorders at the

he whispered mockingly. “You’re dreaming if you think you can turn this around because guess what? You’re right, I sold him the formula. The exact same one Yulia used. If Kareem Fashion passed the inspection yesterday, do you think our results will be any different from yours?” Anderson knew he was rattling Skylar and was relishing every moment of it, simply because he knew Skylar could not stop the imminent doom headed

was gleefully fantasizing about Skylar Stone’s demise when some commotion on the podium, followed by