Chloe Taylor stood frozen on the concrete sidewalk outside the grand Sterling estate. Her fingers clutched Hector Vance’s leather briefcase so tightly her knuckles turned white.The cool night air hit her face, but she felt like she was burning alive. She stared at Leo Sterling, her heart drumming against her ribs with pure, suffocating terror.You, Chloe gasped, her voice cracking into a high, ugly pitch. What are you doing here? Why are you wearing that cheap medical uniform? You are just a pathetic delivery driver from Riverview City. You should be rotting in a dark ditch.Leo did not answer her right away. He stood under the golden glow of the street lamp, his arms crossed casually over his chest. His faded white uniform did not hide his majestic, royal aura at all. He looked down at her with a freezing smile, his eyes filled with absolute mockery.Chloe, you ran away from the province like a scared dog, Leo said softly, his voice dropping to a freezing temperature. And yet, you ha

The heavy wooden doors of Private Suite Five shook as thirty media reporters and camera operators slammed them open.Bright white lights from the news cameras flashed like lightning strikes, filling the entire room with a blinding glare.The reporters scrambled inside, pushing their heavy microphones forward like hungry wolves ready to tear their prey apart.Look at her dress, a fat reporter from the Capital News station shouted, pointing his big camera lens right at Chloe. This is a massive public scandal. The delivery boy from the province actually attacked the new heiress of high society. Get every single angle.Chloe Taylor continued to weep loudly on the floor, her body shaking with fake terror. She held her ripped red silk dress against her chest, her hair completely messy and wild. She looked at the flashing cameras and then up at Leo Sterling, her heart dancing with pure, evil joy.She could already see the heavy face slapping humiliation crushing Leo’s life into tiny pieces.

The thick air inside the grand boardroom of the Grand Horizon corporate tower felt like ice. Beatrice Sterling stood perfectly still at the head of the long glass table, her heart slamming against her ribs with pure, uncontainable terror.The twelve board members in gray business suits stared directly at her face, their eyes completely filled with absolute, face slapping disgust.Director Vance slammed his heavy legal folder onto the glass table, the loud noise echoing through the room like a gunshot. The emergency vote has started, Beatrice, Vance barked loudly, his voice full of cruel triumph.Your dirty scandals have deleted forty percent of our market value in two hours. You are completely finished as the chairperson of this company.Beatrice’s face instantly twisted into a furious, crazed expression. The public humiliation was like a hard slap to her pretty face, but her deep arrogance would not let her stay quiet. She slapped her hands against the glass table, leaning forward wi

Beatrice Sterling’s evil laughter slowly died down inside the grand boardroom. Her face was still twisted into a hideous, arrogant snarl as she looked at Leo.She did not care that the twelve directors were glaring at her with deep disgust. In her wicked mind, she still held the ultimate card. The legal business was gone, but the bloody street wars were about to begin.Leo Sterling remained perfectly still in the high back leather chair. He did not blink, and his sharp face did not show a single drop of fear. He simply looked at his stepmother like she was a stupid child making a noisy scene in public.You can run to your dark corners, Beatrice, Leo said smoothly, his voice dropping to a freezing temperature. But the underground will not save you from your final execution.We will see about that, you arrogant brat, Beatrice hissed through her teeth.She turned around violently, her long black silk gown rustling loudly against the marble floorboards as she marched out of the grand boar

Director Christian’s fingers shook so violently that the digital tracking tablet almost slipped out of his wet palms.The red warning lights on the screen flashed faster and faster, bathing the dark executive office in a bloody glow. Eighty massive cargo vessels full of electronics, high end clothing, and fresh food were trapped in a single straight line, unable to move even one inch forward.My Lord, the entire northern trade canal is completely paralyzed, Director Christian cried out, his voice cracking into a high pitch of total desperation. Lord Blackwood’s men have told the canal workers that if anyone opens the water gates, they will burn the entire port down to the ground.Leo Sterling did not say a single word. He calmly walked away from the massive glass window, his simple dark linen shirt giving him a totally ordinary look. But the freezing light deep inside his dark eyes was anything but ordinary. It was the absolute look of a supreme king ready to crush an annoying bug.Lo