Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 427:

With a sigh, she massaged her temples and said, “The reception’s bad here. Gotta go.”

With that, she ended the call abruptly.

Zoey stared at her screen, frowning in annoyance. Was Chris really capable of winning Maia over?

After departing the hotel, Chris hailed a cab back to Elysium Apartments.

As soon as he stepped inside, he sneezed three times in a row.noveldrama

He wasn’t certain whether he was coming down with something.

Inside his bedroom, he pulled out his phone and dialed Maxwell.

Maxwell, barely awake, scrambled upright when he saw Chris calling. It was unusual. Chris never called at such an early hour. Was something wrong?

Maxwell answered hurriedly.

Chris’ low, slightly raspy voice came through. “We need to talk.”

The early call made Maxwell instantly nervous. “W-what’s happening?”

Chris continued, “Cooper Group has a shipment that must reach Geshuania. I’ll manage it once it clears customs. Until then, you’ll oversee things here in Wront.”

Chris’ voice sounded a bit congested, as though he had caught a chill.

Maxwell’s eyes widened, sitting bolt upright. “You’re moving against Cooper Group already? Have you really thought this through? I thought we agreed to proceed carefully and embed ourselves gradually. Why the sudden acceleration? And what about everything left behind here?”

“Handle it however you see fit,” Chris answered calmly. “I have faith in you.”

Maxwell froze for a moment. What was up with Chris today? Since when did he start expressing trust so openly? Could he be feverish and out of his mind?

𝗦𝗲𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝘁 gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⍰𝖼𝗈𝗺

“Are you serious? Fine. Leave it to me! I’ll make sure everything is handled perfectly!” Maxwell assured him.

Since Chris had said so, Maxwell couldn’t refuse.

However, he still wanted to know why Chris had changed the previously set plan and was in such a hurry to act.

Shaking his head, Chris said, “I can’t afford to wait anymore. My grandfather’s condition has worsened — he’s lost the ability to speak.”

But he didn’t reveal the entire reason.

“What? Your grandfather can’t even speak anymore?” Maxwell’s hand clenched, his knuckles whitening. “Kolton’s unbelievable! That’s his own father — how has he been ‘caring’ for him?”

Chris replied, “Kolton won’t get away with this forever. Sooner or later, karma will catch up. You know it’s not really him pulling the strings in the Cooper Group — it’s the ghost behind the curtain. That same person built a firewall so tight, even ‘Hawk’ couldn’t breach it. If not for that, I could’ve rescued my grandfather a hundred different ways.”

Maxwell didn’t need reminding — he knew that Laurence was the one chink in Chris’ armor. He’d kept his hands off Kolton this whole time, not out of mercy, but because any move risked Laurence being used as leverage.

Chris heard the unspoken warning in Maxwell’s tone. But with Laurence deteriorating by the day, waiting any longer wasn’t an option — he could already feel the clock running out.

He forced his mind away from the thought.

After years of ruling Zephyria’s underworld and secretly leading the formidable hacking organization ST, Chris had few rivals when it came to intel gathering.

Long ago, he’d uncovered the real reason why Kolton had elevated the Cooper Group to its empire status in Wront — it wasn’t Kolton’s own doing. That shadowy figure had been backing him all along and tracking Chris, even sending elite operatives Kolton’s way.

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