Rivals in Paris

Daniel and Grace stood face to face at the Eiffel Tower, enemies about to seal the biggest

deal of their careers. Same high school, same dreams, now CEOs of the two most competitive

tech companies in Europe. Every board meeting felt like warfare. Every product launch,

a personal attack. His company would innovate, hers would dominate. She'd win an award,

he'd steal her top engineer. Ten years of this brutal rivalry, and somehow they

ended up in Paris negotiating a merger neither of them wanted. The lawyers left

them alone to finalize terms. Grace looked different under the Parisian lights,

softer somehow. Daniel noticed the way she bit her lip when reviewing contracts,