Half a year later, the business world of Southport was rocked by major news.
The mysterious heiress of Sterling Group had officially stepped into the public eye, a young woman whose age belied the ruthlessness of her methods.
Her first move was securing the Westbridge Tech Park project, sending the stock price into consecutive trading limits.
No one knew the background of this new heiress.
They only knew her surname was Sterling, that she kept a low profile, and that her capabilities were exceptional.
No one connected her to the vanished eldest daughter of the Whitmore family from Rivergate.
Meanwhile, back in Rivergate, the Whitmore family had descended into complete chaos.
After Sylvia obtained the equity shares, she proved utterly incapable of running the business.
She spent her
