I never told my boyfriend’s arrogant parents that I was the one who owned the bank holding all their debt. To them, I was just “some barista with no future.” At their luxury yacht party, his mother sneered and shoved a drink into my hands, spilling it down my dress. “Staff should stay below deck,” she said coldly. His father laughed. “Careful—don’t ruin the furniture.”
She allowed herself a few moments to think, to process everything that had just happened. The sound of the boat’s engines and the water lapping against the hull was a strange comfort.
Her phone buzzed again. The message from Daniel earlier echoed in her mind. The acquisition was complete. Crestline was hers. The Delaney empire was crumbling beneath continue reading …