During the devastating earthquake, I was trapped under heavy rubble with my burning-fever son. When my husband finally reached us, he ignored our cries and carried his secretary-who only had a sprained ankle-into the first ambulance. As I wept in despair, a military helicopter landed right above us, and my billionaire father stepped out…

eyes locking onto mine with the desperate malice of a cornered beast.

Chapter 4: The Collapse of an Empire

“Don’t move a muscle, Mercer!” shouted a plainclothes detective, stepping into the boardroom flanked by four uniformed officers.

Daniel’s hand froze inside his breast pocket. Slowly, deliberately, he pulled out his mobile phone, placing it on the continue reading …