Cheated & Despised, now the Billionaire Heir
Ethan Cole has spent his entire life being treated like dirt—an orphan, a nobody, the kind of person people look right through. But the ultimate betrayal comes from Vanessa, the girl he gave everything to, only for her to use and discard him like he was nothing.
Just when he thinks life can’t get any worse, a shocking truth is revealed: he was never meant to live in poverty because he is the rightful heir to the Aurelius fortune, the son of the powerful Magnus Aurelius.
Now, armed with his true identity and the resources of the Aurelius Group at his fingertips, Ethan is ready to make everyone who looked down on him pay. But as he steps into the world that was stolen from him, he realizes that his enemies who separated him from his father never left and are ready to strike again.
With betrayals at every turn and secrets more dangerous than he imagined, Ethan must fight to claim what is his. But power comes at a price.
Will he survive long enough to take revenge? Or will the past swallow him whole before he gets the chance?
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Chapter: Chapter 387Ethan stood at the center in the chamber. Jessica should have been here.She should have been standing beside him, witnessing this moment—the beginning of The Order’s reformation.Instead, she was gone.She’d resigned from Global News Network two days after their argument.Didn’t give a reason.Didn’t give notice.She’d just walked away from everything.From her job.From The Order.From him.And it was destroying him.The weight of it pressed down on his chest constantly, making it hard to breathe, hard to think, hard to focus on anything else.But he had to keep going since he had responsibilities.So here he was, standing in the chamber, preparing to initiate three new members into The Order, even though the one person he wanted here more than anyone was gone.Theo stood to his right.Marcel and Max stood to his left, their eyes scanning the three candidates who stood in a line before Ethan.Dr. Amara Osei was a tall woman with warm brown skin.She wore a dark blouse and slacks.N
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Chapter: Chapter 386“I did it for you,” Ethan said again, his voice desperate now. "I did it because I love you. Because I couldn’t stand seeing you suffer.”Jessica folded her arms across her chest, her eyes still blazing.“Okay,” she said coldly. "Let’s say I believe you. Let’s say you did it to make me happy. Fine.”She took a step closer, her voice rising.“But then why,” she continued, “did you tell Amanda and the board to refuse to publish anything about you or Adrian? Why did you cage me with the terms of my contract? Why did you make it so I couldn’t do my job the way I wanted to?”Ethan opened his mouth to respond, but she cut him off.“You didn’t just give me my job back, Ethan,” she said, her voice trembling. "You controlled it. You controlled me. You made it so I couldn’t go after the stories I wanted. You turned my job into a leash.”“I did it to keep you safe!” Ethan said, his voice rising now, frustration bleeding into his tone.She scoffed, her hand flying to her hip as she turned away
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Chapter: Chapter 385Jessica let out a harsh laugh when Ethan asked her again what was wrong, acting like he had no idea why she was so upset.“Don’t give me that,” she snapped. "Don’t just stand there pretending you have no clue what I’m talking about.”That made him realize that she knew he'd already figured out what was bothering her using his power."Sit,” he said quietly, gesturing to one of the chairs. "Let’s talk about this.” He reached for her shoulders.Her eyes flashed.“No.” She slapped his hand away, her palm connecting with his wrist hard enough to sting.“Don’t touch me,” she hissed. "And don’t tell me to sit down like I’m some child you need to calm down. You want to talk? Then talk. Right here. Right now.”He exhaled slowly, his chest rising and falling as he fought to keep his own frustration in check.He dropped his hand to his side.“I’m sorry,” he said, his eyes not leaving hers. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you.”Her expression didn’t soften.If anything, the fury in her eyes burned ho
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Chapter: Chapter 384Inside the chamber were Ethan, Theo, Marcel, Max.Weeks ago, Ethan had given them instructions—Jessica included—to find people who weren’t just virtuous, but truly exceptional.The kind of people who could be checked out from every angle and still have nothing to hide. Their job was to put together a list of candidates for him to pick from, so that they'd be invited to join The Order.Max clicked a few keys on his laptop, then turned it around so everyone could see the screen.“We’ve narrowed it down,” he said, his tone efficient. "Current status: seven candidates identified. Three have been fully vetted and approved for consideration. The other four still need additional background check."Ethan’s eyes scanned the names on the screen.Max continued, pulling up individual profiles.The first candidate was Dr. Dr. Amara Osei.She ran a nonprofit medical organization in West Africa, providing free healthcare to over two hundred thousand people in the last decade, built
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Chapter: Chapter 383Cavill exhaled. "I’m here to apologize, Your Highness.”Ethan’s smile widened slightly, but he said nothing.“The council… we know we offended you. We turned our backs on you when you needed us most, and we sided with a man who didn’t deserve our loyalty.” Cavill's voice was steady, but edged with shame.“We were wrong. And they’ve sent me here to ask for your forgiveness.”Ethan let the silence stretch before he chuckled softly.He tilted his head, studying Cavill with an amused expression. “Forgive?”“Regardless of what happened, Cavill, I've forgiven you all already. I may be many things—an abomination, as you and others so eloquently put it—but I don’t hold grudges.”He leaned forward slightly, resting his forearms on the desk. "Besides, as the King of the World, even if I am an abomination, I’m not meant to lead with pettiness.”The realization that Ethan was using their own words against them, jabbing them with the very insult they’d hurled at him, made Cavill swallow hard.“Yes
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Chapter: Chapter 382It was a cool afternoon at Aurelius headquarters.Ethan sat in his office, scrolling through his tablet, eyes scanning report after report, review after review of the five projects that had finally been released to the public.A slow smile spread across his face.The numbers were staggering.MedLink AI had already been adopted by over three hundred hospitals across six countries in just two weeks.Carbon Vault’s pilot program in three major cities had reduced air pollution levels by twelve percent within the first month of operation.EduSphere had registered eight million users globally within seventy-two hours of launch, with thousands more signing up every hour.SolarEdge 3.0 panels were being mass-produced, and the waiting list for the low-income installation program had already exceeded half a million families.And Orbital Genesis?Construction had begun exactly as promised, with live footage from the build site streamed daily, showing the massive station taking shape in orbit.Th
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