Bryce glared at Ethan. "What are you looking at?" He snapped. Ethan smiled faintly. "I'm just thinking if you don't go to the meeting, you might be fired. Now that everyone else is behaving, the company can certainly survive without you. Why don't you just resign?" Bryce's face paled. He scurried after Sophia, heading towards the conference room. *** Thanks to Ethan's "special arrangements", the meeting went smoothly. The executives were surprisingly cooperative, and Sophia quickly familiarized herself with the company's structure and operations. Things were finally back on track. Sophia even managed to secure several deals that had been stalled in negotiations. *** That evening, Conrad slammed his fist on the table as Bryce recounted the day's events. "Those ungrate