is she wearing your mother’s birthday present?”
Jang looked at him.
He looked at the watch.
Fear crossed his face.
“It’s complicated.”
“No. It’s a watch.”
“He gave it to me,” Jang said.
Shiaoza closed his eyes for half a second.
That tiny reaction hurt more than any confession.
At ten o’clock, the board announcement was released.
Effective immediately, I was CEO.
By ten-fifteen, I issued my first directive: all employee elevator restrictions were suspended pending review.
My second ordered preservation of every security log, expense report, executive badge record,
