(Sophia’s POV – The Morning After the Press Conference)
The world had changed overnight.
I stood by the window of my apartment, phone in hand, scrolling through the headlines flooding every major news outlet.
**SOPHIA WILLIAMS EXPOSES HER STEPMOTHER—ALLEGATIONS OF FRAUD AND MANIPULATION SHAKE WILLIAMS CORPORATION.**
**IS BAYLEY BANKS-WILLIAMS A FRAUD? SOPHIA WILLIAMS PRESENTS EVIDENCE**
**BATTLE FOR POWER: A DAUGHTER’S FIGHT TO SAVE HER FATHER’S LEGACY.**
I let out a slow breath, my fingers tightening around my phone.
The press conference had worked. The **narrative had shifted**—for now.
But I wasn’t naive enough to think it was over.
Bayley would strike back.
She had spent years crafting her perfect image, weaving herself into my father’s world like a parasite
