Chapter 1 - THE CRACK IN THE GLASS
Returning three days early from Singapore to surprise his fiancée, secret billionaire Dorian Ashcombe discovered the horrifying truth behind Genevieve Sutter’s tender façade. Outside the kitchen of his Atherton estate, Dorian witnessed Genevieve shattering porcelain near his eleven-month-old twin sons, pouring milk over their devoted caregiver Yasmin Ortega, and blackmailing Yasmin with false police reports. Genevieve brazenly declared that Dorian was a naive fool who signed whatever she wanted, swearing that once married, she would fire Yasmin and exile the twins to an overseas boarding school. Pushing the door open with crushed roses and a bleeding hand, Dorian confronted Genevieve, realizing her terror was not merely over being caught cruel, but that he would uncover the deeper financial and criminal web she had been spinning behind his back.
