# MY WIFE CALLED ME A FAILURE IN FRONT OF AN ENTIRE RESTAURANT—THEN MOVED IN WITH HER RICH EX, NOT KNOWING I WAS ABOUT TO OWN HIS COMPANY
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Chapter 6 - THE BAIT AND THE TRAP
Desperation makes men stupid. Jason Hail, unaware of who was truly running Apex Dynamics, made a public, aggressive bid to acquire our technology. He offered to buy us out using highly leveraged debt, risking everything Hail Industries had left. Silas called me, laughing. "He's offering us the keys to his kingdom."
"Accept the meeting," I told him, staring at the skyline from my corner office. "Let him leverage everything. When he's fully exposed, we don't sell. We buy his debt."
