At that moment, Cora turned her full attention to James, her expression calm but sharp like someone who had waited far too long for this moment.
"Well, James," she said smoothly, "you can see it now, right in front of you. It's not a maybe anymore. It's already done. And it was always possible you just never thought I'd be the one to do it."
Her voice echoed around the boardroom like a final verdict.
She took a slow step forward and pointed again at the seat he was sitting in—the same seat he had always occupied with pride and dominance.
"Now, step aside. That seat… it doesn't belong to you anymore."
For a moment, no one moved. Then one by one, the boardroom began to shift.
The minority shareholders once loyal to James stood up.
The top executives, including those James handpicked over the years, began to rise respectfully.
Some did it out of obligation, some did it out of fear.
But most did it out of recognition recognition of who now held the true power in the room.
