Chapter 86

• “You have no idea what you’re doing, Cole.” My father’s voice cut through the thick silence of the room. I stood, the weight of his words pressing down on me like a thousand tons of stone. But I couldn’t back down. Not now. Not ever.
• “Do I really need to remind you who made this company what it is?” he continued, his voice laced with that familiar superiority that had made me hate him for years. “You’re throwing everything away because of... her?” He sneered, his gaze flicking toward Funmi, who stood silently beside me, her hand in mine.
• I didn’t flinch, even as the storm of emotions brewed inside me. My father’s words had always held power over me, but not anymore. Not after everything that had happened—everything Kemi had done, everything I had learned about my family’s betrayal. I wasn’t the same man who had once sought his approval. I was someone else now. Stronger. Sharper. And more determined than ever to take back what was rightfully mine.