Chapter 2: The Woman Who Took Everything
Lady Beatrice Sterling stood at the center of the room like she owned the air itself.
Emerald silk clung to her frame, shimmering like venom under light.
Her voice—smooth, elegant, deadly—carried across
the ballroom as she entertained investors, politicians, and opportunists.
Ten years ago, she had married into the Sterling empire.
Five years ago, she began dismantling it.
Now, she was about to erase it completely.
And Evelyn?
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To Beatrice, she was nothing.
Just a maid… cleaning the ashes.
