Novel

Chapter 7: Chapter 7

Chapter 7 opens inside the ongoing boardroom pressure in the hospital-adjacent suite as the Chairman’s smear and asset-freeze campaign intensifies. Protagonist absorbs fresh attacks while the Family Council Member’s conditional support visibly frays under direct counter-pressure. In a private aside the Corporate Lawyer delivers the encrypted deeper audit-trail files, confirming expanded financing leverage. The chapter closes on an unexpected betrayal: the Council Member reveals a premium buyout offer to his nephew tied to alignment with expulsion, forcing Protagonist onto the defensive while setting up the next-day reveal of a concealed financial maneuver.