Chapter 5

By sunrise, my name was everywhere. Clips of my takedown went viral—me in red silk, smirking while Veronica choked on her own lies. I didn’t even have to speak. The look on her face when I dropped the audit file was worth more than any press statement. Revenge looked damn good on camera. What didn’t look good? The dozen emails from former “family friends” suddenly remembering I existed. And the text from my ex-fiancé. You were never boring, Lyla. Dinner? I blocked him. If...