Chapter 4

The executive floor was unnervingly quiet as Victoria made her way toward Arthur’s corner office. She walked with a deliberate, predatory grace, her heels sinking silently into the thick, custom-woven carpet. The administrative assistants she passed kept their heads down, their eyes glued

Chapter 5

The Montgomery Private Equity building stood as a monolith of black glass and steel against the night sky, a physical manifestation of its owner’s reputation. Silas Montgomery did not build things; he acquired them, stripped them of their rotting parts, and rebuilt them into impenetrable

Chapter 6

The annual Sapphire Charity Luncheon was the crown jewel of the city’s high-society calendar. It was a suffocatingly opulent affair held in the grand ballroom of the Plaza, where the elite gathered to sip champagne, trade gossip, and pretend to care about philanthropy. For Arthur Pendelto