THE ABANDONED CHILD BECOMES THE BILLIONAIRES ONLY HEIR.
Not to Rico, not to Justin, and especially not to Evelyn Hawthorne.
She replayed their conversation in her head, Evelyn’s taunts cutting deeper than she wanted to admit. The mention of her past, her struggles, her mistakes, was not something Melissa was proud of. But she’d fought her way out of that life, fighting for every opportunity to get where she was. No one, especially not Evelyn, would drag her back.
Her phone buzzed.
Unknown Number: "Clock’s ticking. Decide where you stand."
Melissa slammed the laptop shut and stood. She couldn’t let Evelyn control the narrative. She needed leverage, something Evelyn wouldn’t see coming. And if she had to dig deeper into the Hawthorne family’s dirt,