He insured my life for $5 million, then hired a woman to douse me in vodka and light a match at a society ball. While I was engulfed in flames, he didn’t run to save me; he watched with anticipation. He thought the fire would destroy the evidence. He was wrong. I woke up in the burn unit and handed the detectives the one thing he forgot to delete: his digital order for my execution.
Chapter 1: The Gilded Cage and the Spark I once harbored the naive illusion that the philanthropic soirées of Manhattan were merely innocuous pageantry. I viewed them as harmless theater—seas of rustling silk gowns, the blinding glare of crystal chandeliers, and rooms packed with affluent strangers eagerly applauding their own manufactured generosity. By the time…
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