Chapter 7 - THE BILLIONAIRE’S WRATH
The next morning, Chicago woke up to a corporate massacre.
Cole didn't just cut his mother off; he annihilated her. By 9:00 AM, he had initiated a hostile takeover of her personal trust funds, frozen her assets, and evicted her from the estate. He handed all the evidence of her medical bribery over to the federal authorities. Eleanor Hartwell was escorted out of the mansion in handcuffs, screaming for a lawyer.
Meanwhile, Cole transformed his guest wing into a paradise for the boys. But despite his devastation and his efforts, I kept my walls up.
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“You can be in their lives, Cole,” I told him, standing in the conservatory while the boys played in the snow outside. “I will never keep them from you. But you and I... too much time has passed. I’m not the scared girl you loved. I’m a CEO. I don't need rescuing.”
Cole stepped closer, the scent of cedar and winter snow radiating from him. “I don't want to rescue you, Norah. I want to stand beside you. I want to earn you. Piece by piece, day by day, for the rest of my life. I will never stop fighting for us.”
