Chapter 1 - THE FALL FROM THE SIXTY-SECOND FLOOR
On the night of their lavish engagement gala, socialite Vivian Cross snatched a mysterious blue dossier from housekeeper Rosa Delgado and shoved her off the sixty-second-floor terrace into the Manhattan night. Miraculously caught by a window-washing rig twenty feet below, Rosa survived with fractured bones and bruised ribs. Billionaire Adrian Vale witnessed the shove in the glass reflection, yet to protect his position and prevent Vivian’s powerful father, Senator Malcolm Cross, from burying the crime, Adrian publicly slid the diamond engagement ring back onto Vivian’s finger. Everyone believed he chose power over justice. But when Adrian rushed to Rosa's hospital bed, she revealed her secret past as an elite forensic auditor—and confirmed the stolen dossier was merely a decoy. The real evidence remained untouched, turning their upcoming society wedding into an inescapable guillotine.
