Chapter 44 Shift in the Air

***Hazel***

Stanton leans back, studying me. “You’re young.”

“So is your assistant,” I reply pleasantly, glancing at the woman beside him. “And yet you trust her with sensitive information.”

The assistant’s lips twitch.

Stanton exhales through his nose. “Fair enough. Let’s talk.”

I pull the folder toward me and open it. “You’re looking to place Thorne Industries into one of your aggressive-growth