Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 846:

With his eyes closed, he seemed to be drifting back through old memories.

Yes. His instincts hadn’t failed him then.

Even decades ago, he had sensed there was something off about Nicola and his elder brother, Kyle.

The first impression Nicola gave, aside from her beauty, was her remarkable intelligence.

If a woman like that had joined forces with Kyle, they would have become an unstoppable team — and Kolton knew there would have been no place for him in the Cooper Group.

That was why he had moved first. He had been ready to wipe them both out.

Chris, too, was meant to vanish. But over time, Kolton had let that intention rot. Chris had seemed harmless — meek, unremarkable, and thoroughly unimpressive. A waste of bloodline. And perhaps some shred of guilt toward Kyle had stayed his hand.

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he saw clearly just how naive he had been. He

might be useless, but one

rightful grandson, and a ticking

Apparel Company from Mariana’s hands, forced her to apologize in public, and dragged

Kolton not to be suspicious. If Maia ended up with Chris, would it be just

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in the next second, he dismissed

sounded like utter nonsense. What was he even thinking? Chris was

played her hand, she was nothing

had other motives for approaching

allowed to worm her way into the Cooper family, not under his watch. And no one — no one

palm against the desk with renewed fury, the