Alessandro lost the Denver contract on a Friday afternoon in early December.
Not because his bid wasn't strong. Not because the client preferred another approach. But because someone — and they both knew exactly who — had sabotaged the deal with information that should have been confidential. Inside numbers. Private negotiations. Details that only someone with access to Alessandro's internal documents could have known.
"It's Dante," Marcus said, standing in Alessandro's office with a tablet full of evidence and a grim expression. "He's got someone on the inside feeding him information. Has to be. There's no other way he'd know about the Denver numbers or the financing structure we proposed."
Alessandro's jaw tightened. "Who?"
