Three days later, Emma and her small team of two for the G-Apex project were hunched over a large table in the board room with folders in hand and food beside them.

Getting the pitch approved was one of the easier parts, the hardest part was making sure they had properly itemized all the resources they would need from Mr. Desmond’s company, down to the last brick and bolt.

At first, Emma hadn’t understood what Ross found so special about the project. All she knew was that she had a ...