You did not create a problem I have to solve alone.

You created a labor shortage.

And I have filled the vacancy at market rate, with our joint funds, exactly as any competent manager would.”

Chapter 12 — The Folder

Julian’s face cycled through several expressions, rage, disbelief, and something that was beginning, underneath, to look like fear.

And he reached, as men like Julian always do when they lose control of a situation, for the person who had spent his whole life telling him he was right.

“This is ridiculous,” he snapped, pulling out his phone.