No Contract, No Chains, All the Power のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 1 - チャプター 7

Before Rachel could say anything, Eric started to yell at me. "Drop the act, Zachary!" he barked.I turned toward him and said, "Keep your voice down, Mr. Lawson. You'll scare off your brand-new Maserati."His expression darkened. Lisa, on the other hand, simply lowered her head and pretended to be invisible.Rachel pulled out a chair and took a seat. "Explain," she demanded.I sat back down and responded, "I developed the first version of Stormshield while participating in an open-source competition during my second year of community college. After I joined Stellar Technologies, I built the enterprise version on top of the original framework."Eric scoffed. "The company paid you, and you developed it on a company computer. Naturally, the end-product should belong to the company," he said."I'm not a company employee, though." I shrugged. "You said that yourself."Eric was at a loss for words. Rachel shot him a look. She didn't look particularly angry, but she managed to

I stared at the document. The words "Blue Whale Risk Management System" were printed on the cover. The name was bold, but I wasn't sure if the product itself could live up to it.Rachel didn't go through the document. Instead, she looked at Martin and said, "Stanford Capitals is an investor, Mr. Cadwell. You're not here to take over the company's operations."Martin chuckled. "There's been some kind of misunderstanding, Ms. Scott. We're only trying to help."Before Rachel could respond, Amanda quickly chimed in."Mr. Lawson is only trying to act in the company's best interests. Zachary is using the system to threaten Stellar Technologies. His behavior is completely unacceptable," she said.Upon hearing this, I turned to look at her. "It looks like you've put on a thick layer of foundation today, Ms. Linfield," I said coolly.Amanda instantly stiffened. "What's that supposed to mean?" she asked."Oh, nothing," I replied as I pointed to the necklace around her neck. "Is that n

Amanda ultimately failed to negotiate a deal. Rachel wasn't a philanthropist—especially not after someone had almost bled her company dry. Now, she looked at everyone as if they might be a corporate spy.In the end, Amanda handed us a flash drive while sobbing.The flash drive contained records of Eric's kickback payments, screenshots of his conversations, and emails he exchanged with Stanford Capitals.The evidence collected was as comprehensive as an annual performance report.After looking through it, I almost felt sorry for Eric. What a devoted girlfriend. Amanda was practically a walking criminal case file.…That afternoon, the police arrived at the company building. Eric was ultimately arrested at an upscale club. Liam sent me a video that was taken during the arrest. In the video, Eric was wearing a bathrobe, and his hair was still wet."I'm being framed!" Eric shouted.Next to him, a man asked, "Who the hell are you? You're interrupting my back scrub."I wat