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Chapter 472
Chapter 472:
Cole stared at the closed metal doors. His breathing was ragged. His chest felt as though it were being crushed beneath something vast and immovable. He had billions of dollars and the power to bend entire industries to his will — and he was utterly powerless to stop another man from walking away with everything that had ever mattered to him.
The elevator doors clicked shut, leaving a suffocating silence in the VIP corridor.
Cole stood completely paralyzed, his eyes fixed on the stainless-steel panels where June had just disappeared. The image of Easton’s hand resting on the curve of her lower back burned into his retinas like acid.
Alycia watched Cole’s chest heave with ragged, uneven breaths. A wave of profound humiliation and panic washed over her. She was standing right beside him — holding the dog he had bought her, carrying his supposed child — and he was completely shattered by the sight of another woman.
She needed to break his trance. She needed to remind him of his obligations.
Alycia shifted her weight and leaned heavily against his arm. She let out a soft, plaintive sigh.
“Cole, my back is starting to ache,” she said, gently rubbing her flat stomach. “Can we please just take Fifi to get her shots so I can go home and rest p>
Cole’s head snapped toward her.
The look in his eyes made Alycia’s blood run cold. There was no warmth. There was no guilt. There was only pure, unfiltered disgust.
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Cole wrenched his arm away from her grasp. The sudden force threw Alycia off balance. She stumbled backward in her high heels, barely catching herself against the wall before she dropped the dog.
“Do not touch me,” Cole snarled. His voice was a low, terrifying vibration that rolled down the empty hallway.
Alycia’s eyes went wide. Tears welled up instantly. “Cole… what are you doing? It’s me. I’m carrying your baby p>
“Shut your mouth!” Cole roared.
The sheer volume of it caused a nurse at the far end of the hall to flinch and duck quickly behind her desk.
Cole took a step toward Alycia, towering over her trembling frame, looking at her with a contempt that stripped away every carefully constructed layer of her facade.
“Do you think I am blind?” he hissed, his words cutting like razors. “Do you think I didn’t hear exactly what you just did? You deliberately provoked her. You thought you could use me to make yourself look like the winner p>
Alycia’s face turned the color of ash. She opened her mouth to deny it, but her throat had gone completely dry.
Cole leaned in closer. “You are nothing but a pathetic, manipulative parasite. You don’t even deserve to breathe the same air as her p>
The words were absolute. They shattered every delusion Alycia had ever held about her place in the Compton empire.
Cole did not spare her another glance. He turned and marched toward the heavy fire doors leading to the stairwell — so desperate to escape her presence that he chose to walk down six flights of stairs rather than wait for the elevator.
“Get the dog vaccinated yourself,” he threw over his shoulder. “And do not ever pull a stunt like this again p>
The stairwell door slammed shut.