Chapter 104

The fallout after Vivian’s public challenge was swift and brutal. She might’ve retained her title on paper, but in the eyes of Titan Global’s senior executives and board advisors, she was all but dismissed. The VPs who once backed her now avoided eye contact in meetings, their body language cold, clipped, disinterested. She felt it in the way they excluded her from strategy briefings and no longer deferred to her insights during projections. Whispers floated through the corridors like smoke soft enough not to be quoted, sharp enough to sting.