Chapter 20 - The True Heiress
Three weeks later, the heavy winter snow began to fall gently over the sprawling estate.
I sat quietly beside my father’s massive bed in the underground medical wing.
Marcus slowly opened his eyes, the heavy doses of sedatives finally fading from his system.
He looked at me with absolute clarity and offered a weak, incredibly proud smile.
I gently held his warm hand and told him that the company was entirely secure, the stock prices had aggressively rebounded, and all internal threats had been completely eradicated.
I explicitly chose to keep the dark, violent truth about Eleanor entirely to myself.
He had mourned his beautiful wife for twenty years, and I absolutely refused to poison his remaining memories with the horrific reality of her betrayal.
Let him remember the woman he loved, while I carried the heavy burden of the monster she truly was.
I left the medical wing and took the private elevator straight to the top of the glass skyscraper in the heart of the city.
I stepped out onto the freezing, wind-swept roof and looked down at the massive, glowing metropolis that I now completely controlled.
Chloe stood faithfully a few feet behind me, ready to execute my next command without question or hesitation.
I was no longer the broken, bleeding woman crying on the side of the freezing highway.
I had survived the ultimate betrayals of my husband and my mother, forging my spirit into something absolutely unbreakable and entirely ruthless.
Derek was completely erased from the face of the earth, and Eleanor was securely locked away forever.
I adjusted the collar of my pristine, tailored suit against the biting cold wind.
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I had successfully protected my family, secured my massive empire, and completely rewritten my destiny.
I was Willow Sterling, the absolute most powerful force in the financial world, and anyone who ever dared to stand in my way would simply cease to exist.
