MINE TO CLAIM
I stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows of my penthouse, swirling a glass of chilled white wine as the city lights stretched out below me like a glittering playground. The view was beautiful, expensive, earned through years of careful moves and sharper ambition. I was rich, very rich by most people’s standards but I knew it was nothing compared to the Harrison empire. That was the kind of wealth that didn’t just buy things. It bought power. Legacy. And the man who carried it.
Adrian.
My lips curved into a slow smile. He thought he was so smart. So controlled. So above it all. He believed no one truly deserved him, not really. Not the way I did. Evelyn had tried, poor thing. She had played the dutiful wife for five long years, shrinking herself smaller and smaller until sh
