Chase Sterling always felt like furniture. The kind you don't notice, the kind that's easy to shove in a corner and forget. He was used to it: people looked right through him, brushed him off like lint. But it only takes one phone call to erase a lifetime of being overlooked. When his estranged family meets a tragic end, Chase suddenly finds himself in charge of the sprawling Sterling fortune. Turns out, riches aren't the only thing the family left him. There's a curse running through his blood, warping love into something hungry and dangerous, impossible to escape.

Vivian Ashford never set out to blow Chase's life to smithereens. Just one decision (a sharp, ruthless move at graduation) was all it took to set their worlds spinning out of control. While Vivian soaks up the Hollywood limelight and collects red-carpet headlines, Chase slips into his new role as Manhattan's most intimidating heir. But no matter how far they run, something keeps yanking them back together, like a stitch in an old wound that refuses to heal.

Dominic survives the heart attack but retires from Sterling Industries completely within two weeks, citing medical necessity and accepting defeat in ways I've never seen him accept anything before. The board votes unanimously to reinstate me as CEO, proving temporary removal was always just power play Dominic orchestrated before his own body betrayed him.


I inherit Sterling Industries. Absolute control. Absolute power. Everything Dominic spent decades building now legally and practically mine to manage or destroy as I choose.


The inheritance should feel like victory. Instead, it feels like isolation. Like being handed kingdom while being the monster everyone fears, like being given absolute control while being absolutely corrupted, like winning everything while losing myself completely.


Chapter 150 - Inheritance Complete