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    Dani’s tone was serene as she delivered her ultimatum.


    “Each day you resist, thepany will be shut down. I can absorb such losses. Can you?”


    Caiden red at her, incredulous.


    “What the hell, Dani? You’re more vicious than I ever thought you could be!” The cost of shutting down would bleed thepany of hundreds of thousands daily. Caiden’s stake in this venture was personal—he aimed toy down a sturdy groundwork for Joyce’s offspring.


    “This is standard protocol during a takeover.


    You’ve been running this firm for a decade. Don’t tell me you’re clueless about how a handover works.


    Your ignorance has been apparent for too long.” Dani’s eyes then fell to the business license under Caiden’s foot.


    “Under your leadership, Harper Group nearly crumbled from a titan to ruins. We know who’s responsible.”


    Rising, Dani exuded an icy demeanor that made Caiden instinctively recoil. Without a flicker of emotion, she approached him, locking eyes briefly, her expression unreadable.


    Caiden, reminded of Brylee by the intensity in Dani’s gaze, took a cautious step back. Dani’s eyes then dropped to the license on the floor, her voice cutting through the tension.


    “Pick it up.”


    As Dani’s words echoed in the air, a chill of fear raced through Caiden. He instinctively recoiled, taking a step back. Under the relentless intensity of Dani’s gaze, Caiden realized she was no longer the person he once knew. When had she turned into this formidable figure, utterly independent and unyielding? With a fiery intensity, she hissed through clenched teeth, “Pick it up. Now!”


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    Caiden’s throat tightened, visibly swallowing his apprehension. Observing his hesitation, Alexander intervened. He leaned down, scooping up the fallen business license, and extended it toward Dani.


    “There’s no need to be so severe. Caiden is still your father,” he said with measured calm.


    However, Dani snapped her head up, locking eyes with Alexander. A scornfulugh escaped her lips.


    “Is that so? Go ahead and wait for Richard to drop dead, and when some bastard shows up to rob you blind, we’ll see if you’ll be singing the same tune.”


    Her biting statement hit Alexander hard, leaving him stunned and unable to muster a response.


    Dani didn’t wait for an answer.


    “You have one week. I expect every document and ount to be in order by then. Fail, and I’ll personally drag every one of you down with this sinking Harper Group.”


    With a decisive turn, Dani marched out, her steps resolute. Caiden, consumed by a surge of rage, opened his mouth to shout after her, but his fury choked the words in his throat. Dani strode from the CEO’s office to the conference room, her heels echoing sharply against the floor.


    Within five minutes, she had gathered the department heads around the polished conference table. With the current employee roster clutched in one hand, Dani briskly checked off several names, then handed the list to the HR representative from Elite Lux. Her voice was firm, hermand unequivocal.


    “By tomorrow, anyone whose name is crossed out better be out of Harper Group. I don’t want to see their faces again.”


    Several managers sprang up, their faces etched with shock and disbelief. One of them, his finger jabbed towards Dani in usation, sputtered, “Who the hell do you think you are? You can’t just fire us! Do you realize how long we’ve served here? Do you know how close your father and I are?”


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