Chapter 6 - The Return of the Phantom CEOSix months later, Wall Street was rocked by an unprecedented seismic event. A mysterious holding firm known as Chronos Capital began aggressively buying up distressed Thorne Enterprises shares at rock-bottom prices, quietly securing a controlling interest.
Victoria, now running her father’s crumbling public relations department, was desperate. Her skin was pale, her eyes hollow from sleepless nights trying to salvage her family's collapsing reputation. She walked into her father’s office, slamming a financial dossier onto his desk.
"Dad! Someone is backing Chronos Capital! They’re bleeding us dry, and we don't even know who owns the firm!"
Her father adjusted his glasses, his hands shaking as he scanned the documents. "It’s impossible. No one has that kind of liquidity except..." He stopped, the color draining entirely from his face.
The office doors slowly swung open.
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Stepping into the room was not a syndicate of foreign investors, but a man clad in a bespoke midnight-blue suit, exuding an aura of absolute, terrifying authority that eclipsed even his former glory.
Sebastian Thorne smiled, his eyes cold as winter ice.
