Chapter 9 - VICTORIA'S FALL

Stripped of her title, her company, and her reputation, Victoria Sterling was evicted from the Dallas mansion. I didn't buy it to live in it; I bought it to tear down the East Wing and turn the estate into a charitable foundation for single mothers. I stood on the lawn, watching the movers carry out her antique furniture. She glared at me from her town car, her face pale and aged. There were no words left to exchange. She had tried to erase me, and in return, I had completely overwritten her existence in the city she used to rule.