But in the end, Kian Sterling was still set on the path of a deposed heir.
The shares June Coleman had fought so hard to acquire proved useless in the short term. Relying on years of accumulated authority, Franklin Sterling colluded with his Core Division during a board meeting and tyrannically announced he was stripping Kian Sterling of his power. Ignoring the shareholders' looks of displeasure, he immediately had his illegitimate son take over Kian's duties.
"Absurd!" The shareholders were infuriated by his reckless actions. "A business prodigy like Kian Sterling… in the entire upper echelon, besides Silas Norwood, who else can even compare? He revived the Group's stagnant projects, bringing them back from the brink. Don't you see the immense profits he brought to the Sterling Group? Why bring in an illegitimate son you raised on the side? So other families can laugh at us?"
