Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 938:

“Is your silence supposed to mean something?” Kolton’s voice burst from his chest, loud and cracked with frustration. “Have you just decided to accept everything without a word? Or do you honestly think this doesn’t deserve an explanation? I didn’t raise you to run from consequences like a coward. That’s never been who you are. You’ve always had the heart of a leader—strong, decisive—and now you’re walking away from everything you were meant to become? Can you even see what this choice says about you?”

Kolton fell silent for a breath, his presence commanding as he stared hard at Claudius. “Foolish!”

A sharp jolt ran through Claudius’s chest, his heart skipping a beat. Even Mariana, who had been mid-sob moments before, froze in place, startled by the shift in atmosphere.

But Kolton wasn’t finished. His voice thundered across the room. “Is this how you plan to challenge me? By standing there with that attitude?”

Lifting one brow, he continued with a scoff. “I had plans for you. You were meant to take the reins of this family, to elevate the Cooper Group, not to crumble over a woman and toss everything.”

Claudius turned his head slowly and looked at him. At last, he opened his mouth. “I’m not that foolish… I just don’t want to leave without making things right.”

spoken quietly, his words rang

that what you hoped to see?” Overcome

made Mariana flinch. She gasped

twitched along his jaw as he ground his teeth and pulled his hand back

all Maia’s fault,” he muttered, almost spitting the words. “Can you not see? She has destroyed everything.

𝓒𝓱𝓮𝓬𝓴 𝓲𝓷 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮: ⳑ𝗮𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⧼ⅽ𝗼𝗺⧽

swallowed the study. The tension among the three was so thick they

chair, exhaling a breath that had been caught in his chest far too long. “No matter how you feel right now, public opinion must be addressed first,” he said, voice low but firm. “Tomorrow morning at ten, the Cooper Group will hold a press conference. You will be there. You will

Then, with a resigned nod, he

Kolton turned away, his voice