"Turn it off!" Marcus roared, his voice cracking with sudden, raw panic. He slammed his hands down on the podium, scrambling to snatch the blank paper away from the document camera. "Frank, cut the feed! It's a trick! She tampered with the document!"

But the massive screens remained blindingly whit

The scent of fresh magnolias and polished mahogany filled the expansive showroom of *Vance Fine Jewelry*.

Six months had passed since the night Victoria Hayes’s launch had spectacularly imploded in a shower of undeniable proof and public humiliation. Six months since Marcus Sterling had been escor