Sign the Papers Mr. Langford novel Chapter 365

Willow Whitaker stared at the screenshot all night.

*Board of Directors Authorization.*

*Today, 19:46.*

The screen was blindingly bright, but she couldn't bear to close it. It felt as if someone had dangled a key right in front of her face, but Lawrence Langford was the one holding the lock.

She tried clicking into it again.

The system prompt popped up, cold and unyielding: *Insufficient Permissions.*

Willow stared at those two words, a slow smile creeping onto her face.

Insufficient permissions.

She had heard similar phrases her entire life.

The Whitaker Estate said she was illegitimate.

The Langford Estate said she wasn't Mrs. Langford.

Langford Medical Group said she lacked final sign-off authority for the project.

And now, even an archived file was reminding her that she was still falling short.

And the missing piece always seemed to be in someone else's hands.

At nine in the morning, Langford Medical's family companion project team held their review meeting.

Jude Sinclair sat at the far end of the long table, the complaint attachments and original meeting minutes placed in front of him. His expression was even colder than the day before, as if he already knew this meeting wouldn't end well.

The moment Willow walked in, the conference room fell silent for a split second.

She was dressed simply today in a beige blouse, her hair pulled back into a low bun, and her makeup light. She looked like she had barely slept but was still forcing herself to show up for work.

A project assistant pulled out a chair for her, and she offered a soft word of thanks.

Jude didn't even look at her. "Let's begin."

The first item on the agenda was the authorship of the project presentation.

The revised materials were projected onto the screen. The cover had been altered.

The leads for each module were fully listed.

Willow's name was still there, but it was no longer at the very top. The child pause mechanism, family authorization tiers, and direct complaint channels had been reallocated to the risk control, tech, and service teams, respectively.

She stared at the screen, her fingertip lightly pressing against the cap of her pen.

"Won't this look too scattered to the public?" her voice was soft. "Our partners won't be able to grasp our core strategy."

Jude flipped a page of his file.

Willow nodded.

"Then I have no objections."

She closed her laptop. As she stood up to leave, someone behind her let out a breath of relief.

It was quiet, but it landed clearly in her ears.

By the time Willow reached the elevators, the meek facade on her face had completely vanished.

Did they really think stripping her name from the top would leave her powerless?

She could give up the project credits for now.

But Project Morning Star Phase II was non-negotiable.

If that file could crush Wren Whitaker, it would be far more useful than any presentation credit.

And if it could keep Lawrence tied to her, even better.

At noon, she sent Lawrence a text.

*Lawrence, I've agreed to report the complaints regarding the family companion project. I was too impatient yesterday, I'm sorry.*

After hitting send, a full twenty minutes passed without a reply.