The Stolen Credit

"We were chosen?" Sienna breathed, her voice trembling. The chatter of the ballroom faded into a dull hum as she struggled to process the sheer weight of the news. The general manager of the Sinclair Group had not just spared Vanguard from elimination. He had explicitly appointed them as the sole partner. They had bypassed the grueling final assessment phase. It was a miracle.

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