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Chapter 4 — The Father’s Empire Begins to Collapse

The next morning, Richard walked into his company expecting everything to continue as normal.

He was wrong.

Every screen in the executive boardroom displayed the same message.

EMERGENCY BOARD MEETING.

His executives avoided eye contact.

His lawyers stopped answering.

His closest partners disappeared.

Richard looked around.

“What is happening?”

Then Adrian entered.

Behind him were investigators, attorneys, and board members.

Richard froze.

“You
”

Adrian placed a folder on the table.

“You spent twenty years building an empire.”

He opened it.

“I spent twenty minutes finding where you hid the bodies.”

Inside were documents proving financial crimes, blackmail, and years of manipulation.

Richard’s face turned pale.

“You think you can destroy me?”

Adrian looked at him calmly.

“No.”

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He closed the folder.

“You destroyed yourself.”

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