Ethan's gaze snapped toward Davis, his expression laced with dread, contemplation, and an unspoken fear the unexpected incident ignited in him.
They had meticulously planned for days, had covered so many scoops of expected problems and had also planned for issues like —technical errors, investor delays, prepared countermeasures for on-the-spot investments, even media backlash but not this.
Not a scandal of this magnitude. It had come out of nowhere, a punch in the gut. Not once had they considered the possibility of this sort of scandal erupting minutes after the CEO's address.
Yet, Davis's question still hung in the air like a blade over his head, sharp and demanding. Ethan's shoulders slumped in defeat.
Lying to Davis had never been on the table, he couldn't lie to him because trust had always been their most valuable currency and at this moment he couldn't proffer any solution at all.
