t up. An known numbe

the court

aphne had been deep in thought when the bowl of cereal fell from her hands. She didn't bother to

herited. It surprised her when her father said she had to learn discipline. What was he on about? Her apartment was clean lines and cold beauty,

get it back. Daphne could buy whatever she wanted, seduce whomever she liked, command the boardroom with her voice alone.

Since then she had been forced or rather pushed to where she was once again undermined, dismissed, treated as ornamental by the one man she needed to believe in he

her's office, the silence felt

s and leather-bound volumes of law-books he'd read, memorized, and weaponized. His hand didn't stop mov

hat clicked across the polished marb

y, he

ved from stone. "Then prove you're not just

fatherly pride.

wanted to scream. But in

liste

s no briefing folder, no neat list of deliverables.

her would've had the sense to walk away." That name-her mo

envelope. Her t

lt, coercion, and corporate coverups shattered his record label and music career. . The media had cruc

one harder now. "Clean this up. Make it disa

llenge. It was a mora

no. Should've said

she said, pock

but more than tha

dia storm that threatened to swallow anyone defending Vincent. Her peers warned her. Journali

en her sub conscious

sed doctored screenshots and coordinated press leaks. He wasn't a monster after all. She pulled Vinc

ed quietly and vanished from public life. But

Reborn. Everyone in the industry now knew what Marvin had tried to pretend wasn't true: D

r said nothin

he l

irm her father used to mock as "a tiny hive of desperate ladder-climbers in ill-fitting suits." They welcomed her with o

pon when they saw one. And Daph

ny, the other a multibillion-dollar entertainment firm -jumped ship to follow Daphne. She didn't beg for those wins

n closed-door partner meetings. She was the rising star, t

th legacy in her DNA. A prodigal da

d every move she made. He d

aunte

e night, she

n a year, blinking on her scree

w, quieter than

line. Not

e ho

ry. He didn't need to. T

tion. She didn't hesitate this time. She was no longer the d

e. Her office was larger. Her name was on the door. Her father's test had b

. He made her Managing Partner.That was

the partners looked at her differently. Not as the b

he f