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, even

the truth came

entire baby-switching scheme from the

wanted to raise Isadora at all—she'd even abandoned her at a hospital, leaving her in a trash bin out of sight. The only reason Carla took

that

grew up in the

into the Vaughan family, she craved the love of Richard, Eleanor-even

she tried, Pearl was

backward, swallowing her pride, doing everything she could to win their

Nothing changed.

took being kidnapped for

how loyal you are, if someone doesn't love you, nothing will

she couldn't

would have money.

million investment loomed before

only The Fitzgerald Group in Capitolion

humble herself and

No.

go back to the days when she begged

was only one person who could help her

Isadora remembered that night.

promised

agreed to make

meant she still hadn't used that favor-she could cash it in for this

The Fitzgerald Group.

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