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The Empty Throne

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Chapter 89

The silence in the Cole Corp boardroom was absolute, save for the faint hum of the ventilation system.

Fifteen of the most powerful executives in the city stared at Zara Frost. She stood at the head of the mahogany table, flanked by her four-year-old son and the devastating reality of what had just occurred. In less than twenty minutes, Ethan Cole had orchestrated a flawless corporate coup, entirely dismantling his own family to hand his empire over to her.

He had triggered his own
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