The next morning, Kingsley Global sent out a notice:
Emergency Press Conference – 12PM.
The entire financial world tuned in.
Reporters packed the hall. Cameras flashed relentlessly.
Aria stood backstage, heart pounding. Ethan stood beside her, calm on the outside… but she could feel the tension in his clenched fists.
"Once we do this," he murmured, "there's no protection left."
"I don't want protection," she whispered. "I want truth."
They walked onto the stage together.
Gasps rippled through the crowd.
Margaret Kingsley was not present.
Ethan stepped to the podium.
"For years, Kingsley Global has operated under leadership I trusted blindly. Today, I announce a full internal investigation into financial misconduct connected to past corporate collapses."
Reporters erupted with questions.
"Is this about your mother?"
"Is Victor Hale involved?"
Ethan didn't flinch.
"Yes."
Shock exploded through the room.
Aria stepped forward.
"My father was one of the victims."
The room went silent.
"This isn't revenge," she continued. "This is accountability."
Behind the cameras, phones were already buzzing. Stocks began to drop in real time.
But Ethan didn't stop.
"I will cooperate fully with authorities."
A reporter shouted, "Are you stepping down?"
Ethan hesitated.
Then:
"If the investigation proves leadership corruption under my family name… I will resign."
The headlines were written before they even left the stage.
CEO Turns Against Own Mother.
The war had officially gone public.
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