All Chapters of THE HEIRESS IN OVERALLS: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

119 Chapters

Chapter 21: The global release

Chapter 21: The Global ReleaseThe internet never stops and by 8:00 AM the morning people were going crazy in the comments under Chapter Twenty. Avery was sitting on the patio of her house in the country and the cool morning air was blowing through the pages of her notebook as she scrolled through all the messages on her phone. Thousands of readers on GoodNovel and NovelSnack were totally losing it over the twist about the grandfather's hidden key.One of the comments said "NORA VALE YOU CANNOT LEAVE US HANGING LIKE THIS!" with a bunch of fire emojis. "Is the hero going to find the vault or will the rich girl protect her family's legacy? I'm literally throwing money at the screen!" Another reader had written a long theory, fifteen paragraphs, about the history of the Sterling family and where the vault might be.Then Avery heard a laugh next to her which broke her concentration. Silas put a plate of freshly made waffles on the table and the steam was rising up into the air. "Are your

Chapter 22: The master copy

Chapter 22: The Master CopyThe sun was shining into the studio at a sharp angle making long shadows on the oak desk. Avery's fingers were moving quickly on the keyboard, the sound in the quiet room. She had just uploaded Chapter Twenty-One. It was a huge success but she knew she had to keep writing. She could not stop now.She was working on an important part of the story, where the grandfather's secret is revealed. Avery was trying to make it exciting and full of tension like her readers liked. She also wanted to show how complicated the business world can be because she knew it well.Then someone knocked on the door. It was Marcus. He was not wearing his usual uniform. He had on a charcoal suit and was holding a small locked box."Am I disturbing you, Ms. Sterling?" Marcus asked, walking into the room and nodding his head."No Marcus, you are not disturbing me, " Avery said with a smile. She saved her work. Closed her laptop. "What do you have there?""This is the copy of the old f

Chapter 23: The Next Chapter

Chapter 23: The Next ChapterThe evening was getting cooler as the sun went down over the estate in the country and the air was filled with the smell of pine, wet earth and spring rain. This smell was coming in through the French doors of the studio on the west side of the house. Avery sat back in her chair resting her chin on her hand and watched the cursor blink on her computer screen. The clock on her monitor said it was past 7:00 PM. For the first time in fifteen years of writing she did not feel panicked about a deadline.The silver hard drive that Marcus had brought her earlier was on the corner of her desk. All the old files and bad things that were on it were gone, deleted with one click. Now she had a slate to start with.Avery looked at her monitor, where she could see how her new book, The Architecture of Trust was doing. People were really excited about her release and they were talking about it on websites like GoodNovel and NovelSnack. A few hours ago people were arguing

Chapter 24: The Iron Blueprint

Chapter 24: The Iron BlueprintThe sun was just coming up when Avery walked into the studio. She did not look up from her computer. Her coffee was cold. She was so into her work that she did not even notice. She was typing away on her keyboard, her fingers moving fast.She was not working on The Architecture of Trust that morning. Instead she had a project open on her computer. It was called The Iron Vault: Doomsday Architect. For a while now Avery had been thinking about something. She wanted to write about a world that was not all fancy and perfect. She wanted to write about a world that was tough and real.Avery was focused on a guy named Han. He was an architect but he was betrayed by the people he worked with. The world was falling apart. Han was building a safe place to hide. He was making a fortress called the Iron Vault. He was using a system to make it strong with lots of concrete and steel.Avery started typing out a scene:The machine that mixed the concrete was really loud

Chapter 25: The Blueprint of Inversion

Chapter 25: The Blueprint of InversionThe mechanical keyboard made a hollow click as Avery finished setting up the main structural constraints for the next phase of her plan. Going from managing conversations at the Thorne-Sterling boardrooms to tracking numbers for her accounts felt like switching from silk to cold steel. It was a move to take control of her life.On her monitor a developer window was open showing her contract portals on some websites. Her project, the Architecture of Trust was doing great with automated analytics pouring into her account. This used to mean survival. Now it meant she was totally independent.There was a knock at the heavy oak door and then it swung open. Leo walked in holding a tablet and wearing a dark sweater that made him look strong and healthy. The kid who was once hidden in a hospital was gone; now he was a man with bright analytical eyes."You are changing things again " Leo said, walking over to her desk and looking at the charts on her scre

Chapter 26: The Strategic Shift

Chapter 26: The Strategic ShiftThe morning sun was shining brightly across the lawns of the estate. Inside the western-wing studio the only light came from the computers. Avery was sitting with her chin in her hand staring at the market data for the Thorne-Sterling publishing companies.She had a folder next to her laptop. It was a folder with heavy blue paper. The finalized contracts from GoodNovel and NovelSnack. These contracts made sure that her books, written under the name Nora Vale, were safe from any problems with the company.Avery had been writing for fifteen years. She knew that the important thing for a writer was to own the rights to their work.The door. Silas walked in. He was holding a tablet in one hand. Two cups of coffee in the other. He was wearing a shirt but it was not buttoned up and he did not have his vest on. He looked like he was at home.His eyes were sharp like he was in a meeting."The London stock market just opened, " Silas said. He put the coffee down

Chapter 27: The High-Stakes Sequence

Chapter 27: The High-Stakes SequenceThe way the global publishing market was changing was crazy. Avery was already way ahead of the game. She was sitting in her office at the upstate estate. The morning light was shining on her desk. Her computers were showing her all the information about her books.Avery clicked her mouse. I looked at some reports. Her book, The Architecture of Trust, was still doing great. She was not looking at how much money it was making. She was looking at some messages that were coming from a server in Zurich. This was the server that Julian used to hide his money before he merged his company with theirs.The door to her office. Silas walked in. He was wearing a suit but his shirt was open a little at the top. He looked much at home in the office but his eyes looked sharp like he was ready to make some big deals. He put a tray with a glass of water on her desk.Silas told Avery that Marcus had just found out that Julian's lawyers were trying to stop them from

Chapter 28: The Sovereign Code

Chapter 28: The Sovereign CodeThe rain that had been promising to fall all morning finally arrived, sweeping across the upstate estate in gray sheets that blurred the trees into a soft wash. Inside the western-wing studio the temperature was just right. The air was filled with the distinct hum of electronics working hard.Avery sat still the glow from her main computer screen lighting up her face. Her fingers hovered over the keyboard waiting for a progress bar on her screen to finish. As she had spent over fifteen years dealing with the ups and downs of platforms, algorithms and publishers.. Today she was doing something big. She was launching a new system that would change how her writing empire worked.The progress bar finally reached one hundred percent with a low sound."Deployment Successful. Sovereign Server Gateways: Active."Avery let out a breath. She had not just protected her drafts or her contracts; she had started an independent decentralized system. From then on every

Chapter 29: The Sovereign Network

Chapter 29: The Sovereign NetworkThe rain kept hitting the glass wall of the upstate studio. Inside everything was working perfectly. The connections Avery set up the night were doing great. On GoodNovel and NovelSnack millions of people were downloading the parts of The Architecture of Trust. They had no idea about the companies that tried to stop her work.Avery sat back from her computers watching the logs. Her pen name, Nora Vale, was not a name anymore. It was a safe network.The quiet sound of the computers was broken by an alert from her terminal. Someone was trying to send her a message. It was not going through the channels. It was a connection that she had not used since she started writing.The door. Silas walked in. He was wearing pants and a nice shirt. He looked calm and in charge. He brought two glasses of water. Put them on the desk. He looked at the alert on her screen. His eyes got a little smaller."A ghost in the machine?" Silas asked, his voice filling the room.

Chapter 30: The Final Draft

Chapter 30: The Final DraftThe storm had completely gone by morning leaving the estate in the country covered in a bright shiny light. The wet leaves on the oak trees outside the big windows of the western-wing studio sparkled, making moving shadows on the big mahogany desk. The only sound inside was the hum of the computers, which meant everything was working smoothly in the background.Avery sat back in her chair holding a cup of coffee from the highlands. On her screen the live numbers for The Architecture of Trust were really higher than ever before. The money from the platform was coming in regularly. For the first time in fifteen years Avery was not watching the numbers. She was looking at a document in a simple file called The Master Outline.This was the plan for her life. She had rewritten it completely.The heavy door to the studio opened quietly. Silas walked in looking relaxed in a white shirt with the sleeves rolled up. He was carrying a glass vase with a fresh white ros

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