SELENE’s POV
Four years ago, Serena Vale died on a stormy bridge in this same city. Tonight, she arrived back, not as Serena Vale, but as Selene Arden, the powerful billionaire businesswoman everyone can’t stop talking about.
The private jet landed quietly against the dark runway while the city lights stretched endlessly beyond the glass. I sat still in my seat long after the aircraft stopped moving, my fingers resting lightly against the leather armrest.
“Miss Arden,” my assistant said carefully. “The cars are ready.”
I lifted my eyes toward the window, the city still looked exactly the same.
Four years ago, I left this city broken, bleeding, and drowning beneath cold ocean water while the people I trusted continued their lives without me.
Now I was returning richer and more powerfu
