Chapter 21 - A Mysterious Package Delivered To My New Penthouse
Late on a rainy Friday evening, while I was reviewing international expansion plans in my private study, the penthouse doorbell chimed softly. I walked down the marble hallway, opened the heavy oak door, and found a small, unmarked wooden box resting on the welcome mat.
There were no delivery stamps or shipping labels, only a heavy red wax seal stamped with an intricate, unfamiliar family crest. I brought the package inside, placed it on my glass desk, and used a silver letter opener to crack the wax seal open.
Inside rested an old gold pocket watch, a vintage photograph of a woman who looked strikingly like my late mother, and a legal birth certificate.
Tucked beneath the documents was a handwritten letter in dark ink that made my breath catch in my throat:
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“Congratulations on your success, Olivia... but you must know that the Sterlings didn't push you into that pool by accident. They knew who your real father was, and he is coming to Boston to claim his empire.”
I slowly raised my eyes toward the rain-streaked glass window as a dark luxury sedan pulled up to the security gates below...
