The numbers don’t lie.

For once, they’re actually in his favor.

Reo stares at the Bloomberg graph flashing on his tablet screen—Cresswood Global’s rebound is climbing faster than analysts predicted. His holdings in the Korean tech alliance just flipped from red to green. Deep green.

And that means one thing.

Power.

He lets out a long and slow breath, letting the tension roll off his shoulders. Even Eugene, his stiff-backed lawyer, had to admit this was a clean win. Investors are texting congratulations. Marcus Lane—who spent the last forty-eight hours breathing down his neck—is finally off his back, muttering something about “well-timed intuition” and “damage control mastery.”

Please. Intuition had...