Chapter 15 - The Secret Sister
I spent my first two weeks at the sprawling estate being relentlessly guarded by highly trained, silent security details.
I was forced to attend grueling, intensive corporate strategy meetings to learn the dark intricacies of Silas's illegal empire.
I quickly discovered that I was not the only person desperately vying for Silas's massive throne.
A beautiful, sharp-featured woman walked into the boardroom on my fifteenth day, wearing a flawless designer suit.
Silas coldly introduced her as Elena, my older biological half-sister from his brief, disastrous first marriage.
Elena had spent her entire miserable life brutally training to inherit the Sterling corporate monopoly.
My sudden, miraculous return from the dead had completely destroyed her carefully laid plans for total domination.
She shook my hand with a grip so tight it felt like my fragile bones were going to completely shatter.
She leaned in and whispered that she would bury me in the family graveyard before she let me take her company.
I smiled back sweetly and told her that I had already survived one toxic family trying to murder me.
Elena immediately launched a terrifying, psychological war against me within the dark walls of the mansion.
She secretly poisoned my meals, forcing me to rely entirely on sealed protein bars I hid in my bedroom.
She planted highly classified, stolen corporate documents in my private suite to frame me for corporate espionage.
Fortunately, my previous experience with my brother's framing tactics had made me incredibly paranoid and hyper-vigilant.
I found the hidden documents immediately and quietly relocated them into Elena's own personal safe.
When Silas's internal security team conducted a surprise audit, Elena was the one caught completely red-handed.
Silas dragged Elena into the grand hallway and slapped her across the face with terrifying, brutal force.
He strictly forbade her from ever attempting to sabotage his true, legitimate biological heir again.
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Elena looked at me with a hatred so pure and venomous that it made my blood run completely cold.
I knew that she would not stop until one of us was completely and permanently eradicated.
