Chapter 17 - Corporate Rivals Try To Pick Over The Bones

Back in New York, rival corporate executives attempted to acquire remnants of Adrian’s failed subsidiary companies.
They gathered at a private auction house downtown, expecting to buy valuable real estate portfolios at rock-bottom prices.
To their utter shock, every single asset had already been acquired by an anonymous holding company owned by Sterling Capital.
“Who controls Sterling Holdings?” a frustrated hedge fund manager demanded of the auctioneer.
“The identity of the primary beneficial owner is classified under international corporate privacy laws,” the auctioneer replied.
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None of them knew that the woman they had once dismissed as Adrian Vale’s quiet, ordinary wife now controlled their futures.
The entire Wall Street financial community realized a new, ruthless player had permanently entered the high-stakes game.