Chapter 37

Isadora sat alone in her office.

She pressed her fountain pen to her forehead, eyes fixed on the view outside as she fell deep into thought.

The Vaughan Group's Global Project was seeking $400 million in sponsorship.

She knew Pearl would pull every trick in the book to secure it.

After all, a 10% stake in The Vaughan Group meant annual dividends that could reach millions—money that would keep flowing for years to come.

Once upon a time, Isadora might not have cared so much about money.

She'd cared about family-except her adoptive mother, Carla, had been anything

but loving. In fact, Carla had been downright cruel.

For twenty years, Isadora had endured a relentless cycle of emotional

manipulation, icy silence, and outright abuse.

If she brought home perfect grades, Carla would only grow colder.

If she made friends, Carla's mood soured.

Even laughter became a sin.

Back then, Isadora couldn't understand why Carla disliked her so much, why she seemed determined to make her miserable.

was always loveless-cold,

the truth came

entire baby-switching scheme from

all—she'd even abandoned her at a hospital, leaving her in a trash bin out of sight. The only

just as terrified that Isadora might outshine her

in the shadows, her childhood marked

was finally brought back into the Vaughan family, she craved the love of Richard, Eleanor-even Prescott. She longed

Pearl was always the daughter, always the sister, in their

bent over backward, swallowing her pride,

Nothing changed.

took being kidnapped for

or how loyal you are, if someone doesn't

she couldn't have

money.

that $400 million investment loomed before

Fitzgerald Group in Capitolion had the resources

really going to humble herself and ask Magnus

No.

go back to the days when she

person who

Isadora remembered that night.

had promised her one

never agreed to make

still hadn't used that favor-she could

The Fitzgerald Group.

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