A Marriage of Strategy
Elara Vance was a name that meant nothing until Victor Sterling bought it. After Marcus and Julian stripped her of her intellectual property, Victor offered her a seat on the....
Elara Vance was a name that meant nothing until Victor Sterling bought it. After Marcus and Julian stripped her of her intellectual property, Victor offered her a seat on the board of Sterling Global and the legal teeth to tear her betrayers apart. The catch was a lifetime "service agreement" disguised as a marriage certificate. Their relationship was a tactical alliance, a series of calculated moves played out in the headlines of Vogue and The Wall Street Journal. But the strategy cracked when Elara discovered Victor’s digital footprint. He hadn't just invested in her brand; he had been anonymously funding her scholarships, sabotaging her rival designers, and manipulating her career from the shadows for a decade. She wasn't his partner; she was his longest-running project.