A moment later, Phoebe replied with a simple period.
Maya sent a "Received."
When Wren saw the message "We trust you," she was in the middle of editing the cover notes for The Special Review Package.
She stared at it for a few seconds before lowering her head and continuing to write.
Trust couldn't be exploited.
And it couldn't be sustained through emotional responses alone.
It had to be written into the protocols line by line and proven time and again through the actual services provided.
That evening, Lawrence also received screenshots of the article.
When the legal department brought in the preliminary tracing results, he was just about to head to his parenting class.
The instructor had reminded him that today's homework was: "Do not explain. Just listen until your child finishes talking about one thing."
Lawrence stared at the screenshots, his expression freezing over.
"What's the source?"
The head of legal said, "We're still tracking down the original account. But the article used the term 'internal remediation work orders.' We can almost guarantee that screenshots from Langford's internal systems were leaked."
Lawrence flipped to the next page of the report.
Quasar.
Starbridge Media.
Preliminary Public Relations Research on Anonymous Risk Cases in the Medical Technology Industry.
Lawrence stared at Gavin Shaw's name, his gaze turning incredibly dark.
"Pull the access logs for the work orders."
"We're already pulling them."
"Suspend all temporary access privileges for third-party vendor accounts."
"Understood."
The head of legal hesitated for a moment.
"Mr. Langford, should we issue a public response?"
Lawrence remembered what Wren had said to him yesterday.
You're investigating this to cut Langford's losses. Don't act like you're doing it for me.
He put the screenshots down.
"Use factual statements to shut down the technical dispute first. Do not mention Wren."
"Understood."



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