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Chapter 37 

The day the new product project was approved, the board met 

again. 

Marco wasn’t there. 

He had been removed from all management duties. 

The remainder of his shares had been handled according to corporate procedure. He no longer had any say in the company’s 

direction. 

Mr. Costello asked me, “Are you licensing both new formulas to the company?” 

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“We’ll start with the first one. The second will depend on market performance.” 

Mr. Levin blinked. 

“You’re still holding one back?” 

“No.” 

“It’s about not putting all your risk in one basket.” 

No one in the room objected. 

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Back when Marco slapped the table, everyone else fell silent. 

Now, every decision was laid out and discussed. 

Production, legal, finance—each department stated its risks 

before a vote was taken. 

I wasn’t born knowing how to run a business. 

The first month, I stayed up until two in the morning studying 

financial statements. 

The second month, I miscalculated a delivery cycle and had a distributor on the phone with me for half an hour, demanding 

answers. 

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The third month, during the first trial run of the new product, the production line parameters didn’t match the lab data, and the entire batch had to be discarded. 

I stood on the factory floor and watched as box after box of ruined product was hauled away. 

Someone whispered, “If Mr. Marino were still here, maybe this wouldn’t have happened.” 

I heard it. 

I didn’t get angry. 

I pulled up the original experimental data from the USB drive and 

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went back over the parameters with Maria and the production 

team. 

Three days later, we found the problem. 

The second trial run was a success. 

I signed the waste report myself. 

It was my mistake. 

I would own it. 

I wouldn’t blame an assistant or smash three computers. 

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That day, for the first time, the production manager addressed me in front of everyone as, “Ms. Rhodes.” 

Without a trace of hesitation. 

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