“Are you crazy?! I will never do that!” Victoria screamed hysterically in the car, her voice bouncing off the layers of luxurious leather. Her pretty face flushed with anger and humiliation. Theodore, sitting in the back, clenched his fists against the seat. Clarissa glared at her daughter. “There is no other way! We will be even more humiliated by everyone if we become poor! Look around, Victoria! Everyone we know will laugh at us! They will see us as losers driven out of our own home!” The choice felt like fire or abyss. Between holding on to dignity and accepting total ruin. Victoria and Theodore had never felt so low. Did they really have to kneel at Zane’s feet? A man they had trampled their whole lives? Those thoughts haunted them on the drive home. For Clarissa, the answer was clear: money and status were everything. Pride was a luxury you could throw away in exchange for

"Are you two alright?" Louis asked the moment he saw Luna and Maria lying on the hospital beds, both of them covered in injuries. "Aren’t you...?" Luna was shocked when she recognized the man who had once tipped her generously online. She quickly tried to sit up out of respect for Louis, but he immediately placed a hand on her shoulder, gently pressing her back down. "Do not push yourself. I already called the police. Starting today, I will tighten your protection ten times over. Clarissa has crossed the line. She has become a murderer." "Who is Clarissa?" Maria frowned in confusion. She never used a phone and she did not watch television. "She is my enemy," Louis answered nervously, especially since Zane did not seem interested in responding. "She became aggressive after I rejected her offer to work together." "Then what does that have to do with us?" Luna asked, her voice innoc

“I am Christopher.”Silence spread across the wrecked living room. To Clarissa, that name was both honorable and terrifying. Yet seeing Zane’s appearance that did not match such a title, Clarissa burst into loud laughter.“Christopher? Do you think we’re acting in some kind of play, Zane?!” Clarissa mocked, ignoring the pain in her cheek and body. “That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard! You think I’ll believe that? You’re claiming to be Christopher just for prestige! This is the worst insult I’ve ever heard! You have no proof! You’re nothing but a homeless pretender!”Clarissa turned to Ragnor, tears spilling from her hatred-filled eyes. “General Ragnor, stop this nonsense! Arrest him! Throw him into isolation before he ruins your sanity!”Ragnor did not move. The same general who had just brutally beaten her children, a man feared across nations, now only stared at the marble floor near Christopher’s feet. His posture didn’t show resistance—it showed total obedience. Loui

A week later, the news about Luna becoming the CEO of Vance Corp spread like wildfire. Luna, once seen as nothing more than a poor, orphaned girl with no connections, had suddenly become the owner and CEO of Vance Corp, a giant corporation formerly controlled by the arrogant Vance family.The news shook the entire elite social circle of the city. The media went wild covering this transformation, and speculation about how Luna, who once only owned a small café, could obtain such unimaginable wealth became the hottest topic everywhere.Of course, everyone assumed Luna must have gotten backing from someone incredibly wealthy and powerful, someone like Christopher.On the day of her inauguration as the new CEO of Vance Corp, the company’s grand headquarters was decorated with flower stands and a red carpet, a stark contrast to the gloom and fear that had hovered over the place just a week earlier. The event was attended by major figures in the worlds of business and politics, all flocking

“I’m not going to run this company alone.” Luna smiled at Zane. “I’m going to run it with my brother. I’m officially appointing him as my Vice CEO.”Everyone was stunned.The silence that had just settled over the room immediately shattered into a wave of whispers. The guests—most of them major figures in the business world—looked at each other in disbelief. Some even showed open disgust and rejection.Zane just stood beside the stage, wearing a faint smile.From the front row, a middle-aged man, the CEO of a large holding company and a long-time partner of Vance Corp, gathered the courage to rise from his seat.He spoke politely, but his tone carried firm disapproval. “Miss Luna, allow me, on behalf of the investors and long-time partners, to express a concern.”The man glanced at Zane from head to toe. “Vance Corp is a multibillion-dollar company, and the leadership here requires a very high level of professionalism. Someone like him, frankly, is more suited for work that does not i