Chapter 8 - The Manager's PanicTen minutes later, Maya sat inside the general manager's office.
Sterling was sweating.
He paced behind his desk.
"Do you know who you just assaulted?"
Maya said nothing.
"That's Eleanor Vance!"
Still nothing.
"Her husband owns half the commercial property in Beverly Hills!"
Maya calmly crossed her legs.
Sterling slammed both hands onto the desk.
"You are fired."
Maya looked up.
"No."
Sterling blinked.
"No?"
"You don't have the authority."
His face went pale.
"What did you say?"
Maya reached inside her blazer.
She placed a black card on his desk.
The Apex Global Holdings crest gleamed beneath the office lights.
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Sterling stared at it.
His breathing stopped.
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Chapter 9 - The Illusion Shatters"My name is Maya Thorne."
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Chapter 11 - The AuditBy nine the next morning, Apex Motors was closed.
Chapter 12 - An Unlikely AllyLate that night, someone knocked on Maya's office door.
Chapter 13 - Eleanor's Desperate PloyEleanor refused to surrender.
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