Chapter 12

The week leading up to the launch of *Laurent Luminescence*, Serena’s debut high-jewelry collection, was a masterclass in controlled chaos.

The Laurent Group’s flagship boutique on the Champs-Élysées had been closed for days, undergoing a massive, multi-million-euro renovation to prepa

Chapter 13

The flashbulbs were blinding, a strobe-light assault of white-hot flashes that illuminated the absolute shock on Serena’s face. The reporters, sensing blood in the water, began shouting over one another, creating a deafening cacophony of accusations, questions, and demands for statements

Chapter 14

The aftermath of the press conference was a tidal wave that reshaped the entire jewelry industry.

Within twenty-four hours, Vivianne Croft was a social pariah, her fabricated scandal having blown up in her face so spectacularly that her own family issued a public statement distancing t