Chapter 10: Watch Me Rule What You Tried to Ruin

I didn’t go to the airport. I let him leave without a word. Without a goodbye. Because if I saw Luca again—if I let myself look too long— I wouldn’t have the strength to do what came next. I didn’t need softness anymore. I needed to win. The morning he left, I received a package from an anonymous sender. Inside: a copy of an unfiled corporate merger agreement. Voss International x Ferren Holdings. Not just a partnership. A takeover. One of the board members—Merrick Langston,...