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.

the boy live had been his

he saw clearly just how naive he had been. He should have

might be useless,

Kyle’s only son, Laurence’s rightful grandson, and a ticking time bomb with a legitimate claim to

them. She had stripped Aurora Apparel Company from Mariana’s hands, forced her to apologize in public, and dragged the Cooper name through

be suspicious. If Maia ended up with Chris, would it be just like back when Nicola was with

made Kolton’s

𝖀𝖕𝖉𝖆𝖙𝖊𝖘 𝖍𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖉 𝖎𝖓 g⍺𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝗲𝗅𝘀․𝗰𝗈𝗺

in the next second,

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

she played her hand, she was

likely had other motives for

her way into the Cooper family, not under his watch. And no one — no one — would be

fury, the sound echoing off