Chapter Thirty
Adrian Blackwood had faced countless battles in boardrooms, negotiations that determined the fates of empires, and deals that would make or break careers. But nothing in his meticulously controlled life had prepared him for this. Nothing, not even betrayal by family or corporate rivals, could rival the storm that now bore down on him: the ultimatum from his board of directors.
End the marriage. Or risk losing everything he had built.
The board had convened earlier that morning in the austere, glass-walled conference room of Blackwood Holdings' headquarters. Their voices had been calm, almost surgical, as they outlined the consequences.
"Your personal entanglements threaten the company's stability," one of the senior members said, the words clipped and precise. "The marriage is a liability. End it immediately, or we will vote to remove you as CEO."
