When the wealthy couple saw their newborn’s face, the mother gasped, “Take him away, he’s a monster.” They abandoned him at the hospital. A kind nurse raised him. Twenty years later, the couple desperately needed a rare surgery. The world-famous surgeon walked in, revealed his birthmark, and…

squeezed her eyes shut, crying harder.

“However,” I continued, the steel returning to my spine. “I will accept the transfer of the Manhattan institute and all associated assets. But my terms are absolute, and they are not open for negotiation.”

Graham nodded eagerly. “Anything. Whatever you want.”

“First,” I said, ticking it off on my fingers. “The Sterling continue reading …