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Chapter 648
Chapter 648:
“June. Give me five minutes. Please.” His voice was hoarse, his pride reduced to something unrecognizable.
Easton stepped forward immediately, placing himself between them. “Mr. Compton, my client has no obligation to speak with you outside a courtroom. If you have a complaint, contact my firm p>
Cole’s jaw tightened. “Step aside, Hahn. This is the last time I’ll ask p>
June touched Easton’s arm lightly, signaling him to stand down. She removed her sunglasses and looked at Cole with eyes utterly devoid of warmth.
𝖱𝘦a𝖽 𝗳𝗿o𝗺 𝗒о𝗎𝗿 p𝘩𝘰𝘯𝗲 𝘰n
“Five minutes, Cole. Don’t waste them p>
Cole exhaled slowly. He reached inside his jacket and withdrew a thick legal document, holding it out to her.
“This is an unconditional transfer agreement for three of Compton Group’s core pharmaceutical research and development centers in Europe and Asia. Combined value exceeds three billion dollars.” His words came quickly, as if he feared running out of time. “Drop the divorce proceedings, and everything here is yours. Apex Bio becomes the largest pharmaceutical operation in the world p>
It was his ultimate offering — half his empire, extended in both hands, to buy back the woman he had discarded.
June didn’t look at the document.
“Cole, you’re still this arrogant,” she said, her voice perfectly calm. “You believe I went through all of this for scraps from your table? My offshore patent royalties alone could acquire ten companies the size of Apex Bio. Three billion dollars isn’t even worth the paper it’s printed on p>
Cole absorbed the words as if each one were a blow. He was beginning to understand, finally and completely, that there was nothing left in his arsenal she wanted.
“Then tell me what you want,” he said, his voice breaking open. “Anything. Name it p>
June stepped closer. Her gaze was precise and cold, like a scalpel finding the exact point of entry.
“I want you to take your guilt, your grief, and your desperate need for absolution, and remove yourself from my sight permanently.” She enunciated each word with surgical clarity. “You are not simply a man who stole Caleb’s identity. You are a coward who couldn’t even clean up the wreckage you left behind p>
She put her sunglasses back on and turned away without hesitation.
“Easton. Let’s go p>
Easton held the car door open for her, and they were gone.
Cole stood alone at the bottom of the courthouse steps. The transfer agreement slipped from his fingers and was caught by the autumn wind, the pages turning and scattering across the granite as he watched.
His pride and his last remaining hope went with them.
Outside the side entrance of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, dozens of reporters and paparazzi had gathered like a siege, blocking every exit. Susan Beasley’s scandal had been trending for twenty-four hours straight, and the attention had only intensified following the Astor family’s public blacklist.
Susan, wearing sunglasses and a mask, tried to slip from a taxi into the hospital entrance. Her Hermès bag fell in the scuffle, landing in a puddle.
“Mrs. Beasley! Any comment on the parking garage?” a reporter shoved a microphone toward her face.