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.

gaze was always loveless-cold, even

truth

had orchestrated the entire baby-switching scheme from the

hospital, leaving her in a trash bin out of sight. The only reason Carla took her back was

as terrified that Isadora

grew up in the

was finally brought back into the Vaughan family, she craved the love of

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

three years, Isadora bent over backward, swallowing her pride, doing everything

Nothing changed.

being kidnapped for Isadora to

matter how much you sacrifice or how loyal you are, if someone doesn't love

she couldn't

would have money. Her

that $400 million investment loomed

Wainwright Holdings, only The Fitzgerald Group in Capitolion had the

going to humble herself and ask Magnus

No.

back to the days when she

was only one person who could

Isadora remembered that night.

had promised her

never agreed to

favor-she

The Fitzgerald Group.

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