Chapter 110

Natalie took Nate from his arms without a word and disappeared into the bedroom, leaving Brian in solitude.

After a brief retreat to freshen up and slip into her comfy pajamas, Natalie emerged from the bathroom to find Nate already sprawled out on the pillow, deep in slumber.

She tiptoed to his side and gently wiped his face with a damp cloth, the faint hum of conversation from the adjacent study trickling into her ears.

*…if BrightPeak Energy launches before our international merger goes public, they’ll snatch up a whopping 8 percent of the market share. That’s a real punch in the gut for us. You’d better jet off to the headquarters overseas instantly,” Quinton’s worried voice filtered through the computer’s speakers.

“When’s their grand opening?” Brian asked after a few seconds of silence.

“Word has it that it’ll be just before Halloween, prime time for foot traffic, with all six branches swinging their doors open globally! They’ve ripped off our boutique hotel concept. If they beat us to the punch, it’s gonna be a huge blow to our soft launch next year!”

“Do they have a concrete marketing strategy ready?” Brian queried, his eyes glued to the calendar displayed on his computer screen, as he quietly crunched dates in his mind.

“Nope. But my guy tells me their advertisement blitz is ready to hit next month. We need a ringer like FireWing on our side!”

index finger began to tap a rhythm on the desktop

to interrupt, held his peace.

it. I’ve got a plan B,” Brian finally

savvy because he hadn’t fumbled a marketing play yet. But the stakes felt higher this

we’ve sunk billions into this mid–range hotel venture over the years: It’s your main target and you can’t afford a single slip–up!”

a repeat of the debacle from four years back. If there was any misstep, both Brian and the WL Group could

nearly half of WL’s investments. A collapse would mean financial disaster for

the next room, Natalie heard Quinton’s words

infiltrating the WL Group’s internal systems for BrightPeak Energy, she’d uncovered some inflated figures related to

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might not just be in

time to dig the details deep.

Finally, she logged onto “DealDynamics” and hit up

from BrightPeak Energy popped up the moment she

Energy had been circling Natalie for a while, aiming to keep her on

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