As the meeting carried on, the weight of every word seemed to hang in the air. Samuel listened to the rest of the board, their voices blending into a murmur as his mind drifted.
He couldn't shake the nagging thought that someone in this room—someone he had once trusted—was trying to undermine him. Every suggestion, every comment, felt like it could be hiding an ulterior motive.
Raver's voice pulled him back to the present. "Samuel, what's the next step for the company? We can't just stabilize the stocks. We need a vision moving forward, or the investors will lose faith."
Samuel looked at Raver for a moment, trying to read the man's face. Was this genuine concern, or was Raver testing him, looking for weakness? Samuel knew he had to answer carefully.
