Ethan stepped into the sleek glass building that bore the name of his company, Twilight Enterprises, etched in steel across the front wall. As he entered the main lobby, the employees who passed by greeted him with the usual mix of reverence and fear. Normally, Ethan would respond with a polite nod or a tight-lipped smile, but today, his mind was already elsewhere.
His sharp eyes scanned the reports he held in his hands as he stepped into the elevator, heading directly to the top floor. His office was pristine and modern, with large windows that overlooked the city skyline. But what waited for him inside the executive conference room was anything but clean.
Over the past month, a string of irregularities had come to his attention. Small discrepancies in expense reports, irregular supplier contracts, sudden terminations of honest employees, and promotions of people with questionable experience. Initially, they seemed like isolated incidents, but Ethan's instincts told him otherwise.
