Chapter 145

Chapter 145:

“While you focused on your sister, I’ve been acquiring shares of Kane Industries through shell companies,” he explained. “I already own five percent.”

“Five percent isn’t enough to take control,” Rose frowned.

“It’s just the beginning. These documents show positions of major shareholders, voting patterns, and vulnerabilities in their corporate structure. I’ve identified three key institutional investors who hold a combined twenty-two percent stake and are growing concerned about the company’s direction.”

“You’re planning a hostile takeover.”

“Precisely,” Herod confirmed. “When we trigger chaos, these investors will look for an exit. I’ll offer significantly above market value, but only if they sell immediately.”

“And Victoria won’t be able to stop it.”

“She’ll be too busy with the technical crisis and media fallout. By the time she realizes what’s happening, I’ll have enough voting power to force an emergency board meeting and vote her out.”

Rose smiled slowly. “The Grid sabotage was just a distraction. A crisis to occupy their attention while we make our real move.”

“And Camille?” Rose asked, hunger in her voice.

“She falls with Victoria,” Herod said simply. “Her position, her power, her new identity, it all depends on Victoria’s support. When I take control, your sister becomes nothing but a footnote. She’ll be dismissed, her precious Phoenix Grid dismantled or sold off.”

Rose closed her eyes, savoring the image of Camille defeated and alone.

“Perfect,” she whispered.

“We’ll move tomorrow morning, just as Section B of the Grid goes online. Their attention will be divided, their resources stretched thin.”

They stood at the windows, staring at the cityscape like generals surveying a battlefield.

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“By tomorrow,” he said quietly, “Victoria Kane’s empire begins to fall.”

Rose slipped her hand into his. “And we’ll be there to watch it burn.”

After a moment of silence, Herod turned to her. “When this is over, when Camille and Victoria have lost everything and Kane Industries belongs to me, what then?”

The question caught Rose off guard. Her life had been defined by wanting what others had, by taking what wasn’t hers.

“I don’t know,” she admitted.

“Would you stay? With me?”

Rose looked up, surprised by his vulnerability. Their relationship had begun as an alliance of convenience but had become something more.

“Are you asking because you need me, or because you want me?”

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