Sheila's fingers curled unconsciously.

She knew exactly what project they were talking about.

After Timothy's new solid-state battery technology broke into the international market, it took off fast.

Two years ago, when Timothy set his sights on bringing his batteries home, he launched a nationwide network of automated charging stations for electric cars- essentially eliminating the need for drivers to worry about battery life.

People who bought electric vehicles could now opt for models without batteries and simply rent one from the shared stations. If this caught on, domestic battery makers would face a massive disruption.

The Zimmerman Group, being the country's earliest electric vehicle manufacturer, had its own battery division.

The moment they caught wind of Timothy's plans, they acted overnight. Every service center under their name was swiftly refitted with this new charging station infrastructure. As soon as compatible batteries arrived, they'd be up and running.

For Timothy, just breaking into the domestic market, rolling out enough stations nationwide meant scouting locations, building facilities—nothing that could be accomplished in a day or two.

Meanwhile, other companies were offering batteries not quite as advanced as Timothy's, but good enough. If the Zimmerman Group partnered with one of them and captured the market first, Timothy's own project would be dead in the water.

into licensing his battery tech

how business

didn't take drastic action and let Timothy expand unchecked, Zimmerman's batteries would quickly lose market share, and that blow would ripple right through their entire electric

Timothy refused to cooperate, he'd fall far behind the Zimmerman Group in rolling

if the returns didn't meet his expectations, he simply wasn't

the only way

Everyone in the room knew

understood that Timothy's product was superior, and he knew Timothy could go it alone if he wanted. Vince was just trying to carve out a share for himself, pushing Timothy

him into a deal— cooperation was never

suddenly offering the project back to

worrying things might turn ugly

into each other. When

hands balled into tight

had all grown up

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