In New York City, it was early evening, just some minutes after seven.
A particular high-end, exotic restaurant- one of those places where a single meal could cost more than most people's monthly salary, had been rented out for the entire evening by the business billionaire, Richard Donovan.
The restaurant's usual patrons had been turned away. The staff had been briefed to provide impeccable, discreet service. Everything was arranged to perfection.
Because the person Richard was meeting for this business dinner was not just anyone.
It was Al-Farouq Rashid.
A young Arabian tech mogul in his mid-twenties who had built an empire in the technology sector seemingly overnight. He was brilliant, ambitious, and notoriously selective about his business partnerships.
Al-Farouq didn't like doing business with older men. He believed in investing in the new generation, in people who understood the future rather than clinging to the past.
