Chapter 18 - THE SON WHO WALKED AWAYAdrian admitted that Charles had secretly called him back from Boston.
His father said the family trust was being stolen and begged him to cancel the company’s public offering. Adrian visited the clinic, saw Charles weak but conscious, and heard him accuse Victoria and Marcus.
Then Adrian made the choice he had hidden for twelve years.
He left.
Exposing the scandal would have destroyed the offering and ended Adrian’s rise. He convinced himself he could investigate after the deal closed.
By morning, Charles was dead and Clara had vanished.
“I didn’t kill him,” Adrian said.
Isabella’s answer was quiet.
“No. You only left him with the people who might have.”
Eleanor pulled her hand away from her son.
The board used Adrian’s confession to remove him as chief executive and appoint Marcus interim chairman.
Marcus entered the ballroom expecting victory.
Eleanor rolled forward and spoke clearly enough for every camera to hear.
“No.”
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She raised the cane.
“You cannot take a company whose controlling shares still belong to me.”
