The Mistress
Then, a scream of pure, unadulterated rage that shook the very walls of the estate.
The financial war had begun.
I stood up, smoothing my hair, and looked at myself in the mirror. For the first time in five years, I didn’t see a “madwoman.” I saw a billionaire who had just turned her husband into a pauper.
I walked toward the door, my hand on the handle, ready to face the chaos. But before I could open it, the handle turned from the outside. The lock clicked.
“Victoria?” Daniel’s voice was a low, vibrating snarl on the other side of the wood. “Open the door. Now.”