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    “Alright, don’t worry,” Chris replied with steadyposure. “I’ll listen to you, darling.”


    As the words left his lips, his gaze lingered on Maia once more. She quickly looked away, a delicate blush coloring her cheeks.


    Apparently, whenever Chris called her “darling,” Maia couldn’t suppress that adorable shyness—a reaction Chris found utterly endearing.


    Chris frequently reminded himself how incredibly fortunate he was to have married Maia. In his view, Maia was his personal lucky charm.


    The financial damage he had dealt to Kolton’s previous deals paled inparison to the devastation Maia had unleashed on the Cooper Group just yesterday. Within minutes, she had obliterated over a billion from thepany’s market capitalization.


    Chris could practically visualize Kolton’s livid, desperate expression.


    Looking ahead, Chris knew that he needed to corner Kolton even further. Only when driven toplete desperation would Koltonmit fatal errors, hastening the Cooper Group’s inevitable copse.


    Striking while the enemy was vulnerable remained the smartest strategy.


    Therefore, Chris intended to keep disrupting Kolton’s underground operations while simultaneously coordinating with multiple financial institutions to aggressively short-sell Cooper Group stock.


    “What are you thinking about? If you’re runningte, just go. I’ll handle the cleanup here,” Maia said, rising from her chair and gathering the tes toward the kitchen.


    Chris observed her graceful figure as she moved away, a gentle smile crossing his face.


    “Alright, thanks, darling. I’ll head out now.”


    Maia hesitated mid-step, her thoughts drifting back to yesterday when Chris had yfully demanded she call him “darling.” The memory brought warmth to her cheeks.


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    Chris, meanwhile, had embraced the endearment effortlessly, using “darling” whenever the chance arose.


    Yet Maia still struggled to feelfortable addressing him the same way.


    Shortly after Chris departed, Maiapleted her kitchen duties.


    Settling onto the sofa, she began organizing her priorities for the day ahead.


    The MCN business no longer demanded her oversight. Beyond contacting professors to prepare Chris for surgery, her most pressing objective was wresting Cooper Group from Kolton’s grasp and transferring control to Chris.


    This goal had lingered in her mind for ages, yet remained unfinished.


    Fortunately, yesterday’s Lark Fashionunch had aplished more than just clearing her name from those four-year-old false usations. It had also delivered an unexpected bonus: Cooper Group’s stock price had crashed spectacrly.


    This presented a golden opportunity to im control of Cooper Group. By securing over fifty percent of the shares and gaining control of more than thirty percent of the voting rights, one could effectively be Cooper Group’s controlling shareholder.


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