"Hoh! That was quite a long meeting!" Arthur exhaled, sinking into the plush leather seat of his car. His voice carried exhaustion, but his eyes sparkled with the afterglow of victory.
He reclined, staring at the ceiling, letting the tension fade from his shoulders. In his mind, the meeting replayed like a slow-motion reel,his nerves, his presentation, the silence in the room.
The Urban Development and Construction Bureau hadn't said much. Head Bureau Derrick kept a straight face. The others just exchanged looks.
But Arthur knew the truth.
He'd made an impact.
He'd dropped a bomb on that conference table when he presented the HyperRail-X proposal,an advanced, near-sci-fi transit system rooted in quantum computing.
No one said it, but the silence was enough.
He smirked.
They knew.
Even if the tech was experimental and unstable, even if parts of it were redacted and toned down, Arthur had shown the government one thing: The Osborn Family wasn't weak anymore.
