One Signature, Two Empires

Two empires you each spent a lifetime building are about to merge into one, and the single contract on this table has room for only one name at the top — the other becomes a footnote in their own company. The banks want it signed by morning, the boards are already leaking, and you both know the numbers cold. Concede the throne and keep the money, seize the throne and gamble the deal, or blow it all up and walk with nothing but your name. There is one pen.