Six months passed.

The once-vibrant Vance residence was now quiet and neglected. Andrew sat at his mahogany dining room desk, surrounded by empty whiskey bottles and towering stacks of investigator reports.

He had spent millions of dollars hiring private detective agencie

Four years later.

The international business community in the city was buzzing with anticipation. Vance Enterprises, a massive global conglomerate based in London, had recently launched a multi-billion-dollar acquisition initiative targeting domestic technology

The conference room had gone completely silent.

Only minutes earlier, the executives from Vance Enterprises and Apex Global had been discussing acquisition terms, debt restructuring, projected revenue, and shareholder exposure. The long mahogany table was covered in finan