Boardroom Purge

Sadie pretended to be angry. "Mr. Vane, Mr. Talbot, as executives, you're way out of line. With my father in the hospital, Killian manages the company in his stead. He's the CEO of the Thorne Group, so how can you be so disrespectful?"

Sadie deliberately emphasized the words "in his stead" clearly to inform Killian that Killian would never have full control over the Thorne Group without her.

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