CHAPTER 2: The Truth Behind Her Silence
Minutes later, the lobby transformed into chaos.
Security rushed in. Staff whispered. Phones were discreetly lifted to record.
The blonde woman—Victoria Hale, the hotel’s acting manager—felt her chest tighten.
“That’s impossible,” she snapped. “I’ve worked here for five years. I know every owner.”
The man smiled faintly.
“No,” he said. “You only know the names that were convenient for you.”
He turned back to the pregnant woman.
“Mrs. Carter,” he said gently, “we’ve been trying to reach you.”
Victoria froze.
Carter?
The Carter Group.
The name behind half the city’s luxury real estate.
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And the woman she had just humiliated…
was part of that family.
