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The Empty Throne
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The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride The Empty Throne
Chapter 191The Next Evening - 8:00 PMThe Grand Ballroom, Cole Corporation TowerThe memorial gala was a masterpiece of macabre theater.The massive ballroom was draped in black velvet and white lilies. A towering, tragically beautiful portrait of Ethan Cole and Zara Frost stood on the stage, framed by hundreds of flickering candles. Soft, melancholic string music played as the elite of the city politicians, tech moguls, and corrupt billionaires mingled, sipping champagne over the graves of their rivals.At the center of the room, playing the role of the grieving grandmother, was Agatha Cole.She wore a spectacular black mourning gown, dabbing her dry eyes with a silk handkerchief as she accepted condolences from the board members."It’s a catastrophic loss," Agatha sighed heavily to a group of investors. "My poor Ethan. The pressure... the tragedy. But we must be strong. We must secure the legacy he left behind."Standing a few feet away, swirling a glass of scotch, was Julian Thorn
The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride The Ghosts of the Manor
Chapter 190"Let them."The words left Zara’s lips with an icy, terrifying calm.Marcus blinked, staring at her as if she had lost her mind. "Let them? Boss, Julian is going to systematically liquidate every asset Ethan ever built. He’s going to use Agatha as a puppet to pass the board vote. By Monday morning, Cole Corp won't exist!""Exactly," Zara smiled, though the expression didn't reach her cold, calculating eyes. "Julian Thorne just spent fifteen years in the shadows. He’s arrogant. He killed his patriarch today, and now he thinks he’s invincible. He thinks he’s playing against a ghost."She handed the tablet back to Marcus, her posture straightening as the ruthless CEO of Frost Industries fully re-emerged."Sun Tzu, Marcus," Zara said smoothly. "All warfare is based on deception. If they think we are dead, they won't look for us. They won't hunt Leo. They will lower their defenses, gather all their corrupt allies in one room to celebrate, and expose every single traitor in our
The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride The Weight of a Word
Chapter 189The word hung in the sterile, brightly lit corridor of the bunker, heavier than the ocean water that had nearly drowned them.Father.Leo didn’t blink. For a child with an IQ hovering in the stratosphere, who could bypass military-grade firewalls and calculate advanced algorithms before breakfast, the concept of a "father" had always been an abstract variable. It was an unsolved equation he had quietly filed away in his brilliant, lonely little mind.He looked down at his stuffed gray wolf, his small fingers twisting the fabric of its ear."My father is dead," Leo said softly, his voice trembling but stubbornly analytical. "You told me he died before I was born. You said his heart stopped."Zara’s breath hitched, the lie she had constructed to protect him five years ago now stabbing her like a physical blade. She reached out, gently cupping Leo’s pale, tear-stained face."I lied, Leo," she whispered, her voice thick with agonizing remorse. "I was trying to keep you safe. F
The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride The Extraction
Chapter 188The black, unmarked helicopter hovered just fifty feet above the churning ocean, its massive searchlight sweeping back and forth like the eye of a predator. The downdraft whipped the sea into a frenzy of white foam, sending freezing spray blasting into the mouth of the cave."Get down!" Marcus roared, throwing himself against the rocky wall of the cave, keeping his weapon trained on the entrance.Zara curled her body completely over Ethan’s chest, trying to shield him from the blinding light and the biting wind. Her heart hammered against her ribs like a trapped bird.This is it, she thought, closing her eyes. Julian Thorne didn't wait. He sent the executioners.But the gunfire never came.Instead of armed hitmen rappelling from the chopper to finish the job, a massive, metallic voice boomed over a loudspeaker, slicing through the roar of the rotors."Viper One, this is Extraction Alpha! Do you have visual on the VIPs? I repeat, do you have visual?"Marcus froze. Slowly, a
The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride The Freezing Depths
Chapter 187The impact felt like slamming into solid concrete.The icy, black water of the Pacific knocked the air from Zara’s lungs in a violent explosion of bubbles. The cold was absolute, a paralyzing shock that instantly numbed her extremities. She was tumbling, disoriented in the dark, churning depths of the cove.For a terrifying second, she didn’t know which way was up.Then, she felt the heavy drag of the tactical harness she was still desperately clutching.She opened her eyes, the saltwater burning them fiercely. Through the murky gloom, she saw Ethan sinking like a stone. The heavy combat boots and the Kevlar vest beneath his shirt were pulling him rapidly toward the jagged rocks at the bottom of the cove. He wasn't thrashing. He was completely unconscious.Panic, primal and raw, surged through Zara’s veins, burning hotter than the freezing water.She kicked her legs with everything she had, fighting against the brutal downward pull of her waterlogged dress. She reached Eth
The Billionaire's Forgotten Bride The Glass Throne
Chapter 186"Marcus, the window!" Ethan roared, his voice tearing through the library like thunder.Before Julian could give the order to fire, Ethan pivoted, shoving his massive body entirely in front of Zara to shield her. He didn't aim at Julian. He aimed the Desert Eagle at the massive, floor-to-ceiling glass windows overlooking the ocean.BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!The hand cannon roared, deafening in the enclosed space. The bullets pulverized the reinforced glass. Spiderwebs of cracks instantly exploded across the massive panes, and the violent, howling ocean wind came rushing in, shattering the rest of the glass inward.A hurricane of glass shards rained down on the room."Fire! Put them down!" Julian screamed, shielding his face from the flying debris.The guards opened fire. Automatic gunfire chewed through the antique bookshelves and the mahogany desk."Move!" Marcus bellowed.He grabbed Zara by the arm, dragging her toward the heavy mahogany desk, tossing her behind it just as a lin
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