Chapter 46 - The Absolute Refusal

Ethan’s jaw clenched so tightly it looked like it was carved from solid granite, but he let Olivia handle the execution.
"My company is not for sale,"
Olivia declared, her voice echoing with absolute, uncompromising finality.
"Everyone has a breaking point, my dear,"
Silas warned, his fake smile completely vanishing.
"If you refuse, I will personally ensure your factories are entirely shut down within a month. Your legacy will burn."
Olivia leaned forward, placing both of her hands flat on the mahogany table, looking directly into the predator’s eyes.
"I have already survived a fire that would have reduced a man like you to ashes, Silas,"
Olivia whispered, her tone dropping to a freezing, lethal register.
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"If you touch my company, I will not just defend it. I will dismantle your entire empire brick by brick."
She turned her back on him and walked out, Ethan right beside her, leaving the billionaire completely stunned in the silence.