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The Heiress' Vengeful Return

Chapter 5 Ashes of the Past

Word Count: 1014    |    Released on: 17/03/2025

t – A Game

asured word-crafted to conceal the storm raging beneath. But as she stood in The Sterling Club, facing A

er of t

ing its way t

mor she had meticulously built. He had spoken her name-her re

ar

ips curving into a smirk. "I don't know

, calculating. He stepped closer, his presence

to waver. This was just another move

amusement. "Though I suppose I should be flattered. Does e

the bait. "Only the on

t a shiver do

w it in his expression-the way his gaze lingered, the way hi

se to h

glass, nails pressing into the delicate crystal. S

ne. She smiled, pretended she was

, Mr. Grayson," she said, stepping back, "but

d on her heel and walked away, h

eeded

eded d

e needed to remembe

st never truly

he Fall of E

Yea

ire crumbled, the world wa

ily's estate, surrounded by flashing cameras, murmure

city, had been exposed as a fraud. Embezzlement, insider trading, corrup

, Elara had st

l hear the rep

id you falsify f

aware of your f

tmore fortune was b

defend her father, but the

she had

hore accounts. The secrets bur

the truth-the bet

ria G

s trusted business partner had orchestr

to take over Whitmore Industries, Elara

just destroy

d destr

t everythin

ame. Their wea

her father had been led away in hand

ctin

xan

at the edge of the chaos, wa

ce for something-pity,

had been

sil

lara had felt somethi

r had known. He

ad done

n. But before she could, Victoria Grayson had ste

is gone, Elara. I hope

d been a dea

e world of the elite-disg

Whitmore had

the ashes of he

t – The Wo

forcing the memory back into t

had been destroyed that

Elena Ca

not here to

the cool night air wrapped around her, a star

r weapon. Her p

Victoria, Alexander, every last one

left he

movement ca

near the railing, wat

" he murmured without looking

de him, her lips c

head. "He's already digging int

t her voice carried an undeniable edge. "I've buried Elara Whitmore too deep. He can su

nt, his usual smirk absent.

I'll remind him what happens

ing in the darkness, a world of power a

s hers for

Victoria, not the ghosts of h

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