Chapter 5

For a moment, I was speechless.

My gaze darted from the document to her face and back, certain I had misheard.

"Mrs. Wellesley," I said, my voice dangerously calm. "What is the meaning of this?"

"It means," she said, "you would become the majority shareholder of HopeWell Tech. You would own it."

Her voice was barely a whisper yet piercingly clear. "Holden has no head for business. The company is drowning. But you... you have the mind for it. I am entrusting it to you. I believe you can save it."

A harsh, disbelieving laugh escaped me.

"On what planet,…