His Brother's Ruin
The word empire hung between them, toxic and true.
His control snapped. He moved around the desk, not to hit her, but to invade, to dominate the space. “Including you?” he echoed, his voice raw. “You are the empire! You are the reason it exists! I tore my family apart for you! I became a pariah, I fought my father, I let Liam walk away, all for you! And now you want to… to what? Play shop with a few thousand dollars and act like you’re independent? This,” he gestured wildly around the penthouse, at the skyline beyond the window, “this is your independence! The power to change things on a scale that matters!”
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