The Empire They Stole
After being framed for exposing a devastating corporate fraud, Adrian Vale loses his inheritance, reputation, and the woman he loves. Years later, he returns as billionaire Adrian Cross, secretly determined....
After being framed for exposing a devastating corporate fraud, Adrian Vale loses his inheritance, reputation, and the woman he loves. Years later, he returns as billionaire Adrian Cross, secretly determined to destroy the empire that stole his life. But Elena Hart, the woman who once loved him, no longer remembers him or the mysterious events surrounding October Seventeen. As Elena investigates missing records, hidden accounts, and a night someone deliberately erased from her memory, Adrian becomes her reluctant protector. Their growing trust threatens his carefully planned revenge, while a powerful enemy closes in. To uncover the truth, Adrian must confront the possibility that Elena may not have betrayed him and that revenge could cost him the woman he never stopped loving.