Sallie's POV
Lionel's downfall was entirely his own doing.
When the Howard family seized the Noah project, everyone saw easy money ahead—Lionel included.
Convinced he had dirt on Rosalyn, Lionel jumped at the chance to get involved. He even brought in that sketchy supplier himself.
So when everything crashed and burned, Lionel took the first hit.
Nobody gave a damn about Howard family politics; all attention stayed locked on the Noah empire.
The Noahs had pulled strings to steal this project from competitors, dreaming of massive profits.
Instead, they walked straight into a carefully laid trap.
After the disaster hit, they found no one to pin the blame on, forced to swallow their losses in silence.
The patent filing date stood as ironclad evidence—even Noah power couldn't alter that reality. To salvage this disaster, they had to approach that obscure international brand for negotiations.
