Chapter 185

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Guests turned toward one another, disbelief and confusion clearly written across their faces. Low murmurs rippled through the hall as the unexpected revelation began to sink in.”

Even Ashton Pierce’s composure faltered for a brief moment.

His eyes narrowed slightly as he turned toward Jefferson Holt, studying the older man as if gauging whether he had truly meant what he had just said-or if it had been a careless slip of the tongue.

“Did CEO Holt get confused?” someone whispered from the crowd.

“He could have,” another replied uncertainly.

“A woman leading a global empire like Malakai? That’s quite unbelievable.”