The next morning, Vineyard's scandal was all over the news. Fraud, blackmail, illegal transactions, offshore accounts. Daniel's team had leaked enough evidence to weaken Victor's empire.
Isabella watched the headlines from her office window, her heart a mess of confusion.
"Vineyard is falling apart," she muttered.
“Good,” Alexander said from beside her. “He deserves worse.”
But she didn't smile. Instead, she looked down at her hands. "Alex… I keep thinking… Victor and I started our companies around the same time. We had similar dreams. He wanted success like I did."
Alexander wheeled around. “Don’t feel sorry for him.”
“I’m not. But it hurts to know that ambition can twist someone so badly.”
Alexander softened. “Ambition didn’t destroy him, Bella. His greed did.”
She nodded, still
