al blinds of the conference room on the

table, her tailored black blazer

I have personally reviewed your portfolio and the evidence you gathered. If we proceed with a standard contested divorce, we will be

. Bryan. I want full custody of my independent gene-targeting patents, and I w

views you as an emotional dependent. If we disguise this patent release within a standard supplemental edu

paper. "Prepare the final execution

na walked back into the living

speakerphone call with his chief financial officer. Seeing Aliana walk

sfied grin spread

"I told my mother you wouldn't last a single night away from this

able and tossed the folder down. The heavy pa

wl. "What is this? Another one

policy for Chloe," Aliana said, her tone flat and businesslike. "The underwri

ense block of legal boilerplate and trust structuring terms made

rmly on the corner of the

rust before the quarterly board audit, leave it. I will simply notify the family t

ron's exact pressure point. He prided himself on pro

ly governance," Aaron snapped, violen

Montblanc pen from his breast pocket, and scribbled his

n onto the table. "Now take your paper

and slipped it into her handbag. Her heartbeat was

," sh

ows furrowing in genuine irritation. "

stranger on the street. "I came for the signat

d toward the foyer, her str

gh ceilings. "If you walk out that door right now, yo

ut behind her, sealing hi

nt to Donnell Bryan's office in Midtown, Clarke Watts watche

ignature on the asset re

eyes gleaming behind his glass

rmured, his deep voice

just executed an absolute release of all licensing rights. Trigger the secondary market

Mr. Watts," th

r had just been pulled tight, and he