Chapter 36
Max paused and set his bowl down on the nightstand.
The maid, already waiting by the door and keenly observant, quickly stepped in with a bowed head. She carefully took the bowl and began to feed her with meticulous
attention.
Brielle instantly regretted her impulsive comment. Had she kept quiet, she might have enjoyed the privilege of Max’s personal care. But now, she didn’t have the nerve to ask him to continue.
After finishing the soup, she finally felt strong enough to get out of bed. The maid was gone, and it was just the two of them left in the room.
Outside, the sun was blazing, its rays cloaking the garden beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. Max sat in a chair by the window, the very picture of grace, his fingers tapping away on the keyboard.
Brielle had managed to pull herself out of the fear she had felt the night before, but now -she felt neglected, and a bit bored. She got out of bed and moved closer to him, standing
his crisp scent and glanced at the screen. “Hatfield Inc., huh? Are you planning
International was a giant in its field, having started with semiconductors. The older generations began with transistors, and while overseas companies were already in the game, nobody domestically had
in human history to
the transistor processor market. However, since Max took
seven thousand positions, nearly a third of the company’s workforce. Not only that, amid howls of protest, Max sold off several subsidiaries, securing a billion dollars in
for cash and tightening its belt, but in the following year, Max led Dorsey International on a campaign of conquest, flames of battle
brands in its portfolio. It was said, half-jokingly, that the
financial newspaper even exaggeratedly claimed that from the top of Dorsey Tower, everything as far as the eye could see was part of
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company tried to take over Hatfield, but their management immediately implemented a poison pill strategy. The tug-of-war
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