Chapter 69

Noah stood amidst the cooling carnage of the battlefield, his gaze fixed on the dirt beneath his boots. He had spent his entire life being the best—the top of his private classes, the star of university, the one praised in papers for his humility and brilliance. But none of that mattered here. In the corporate world, he had risen on his own merit, even after his father refused to hire him, telling him to forge his own path. He had been the man for the job because he was capable. He had never...