When I boarded my husband’s private jet, his secretary was sitting beside him in my usual seat, feeding him peeled oranges while his mother told me to be considerate. I didn’t argue.

again.

Elena opened another folder.

Inside were old technical development records.

Research notes.

Engineering files.

Original prototypes.

The foundation of the technology that eventually became Prescott Technologies.

Aaron had been part of the engineering team at Hart Systems.

According to Elena, he copied critical research.

Transferred key files.

Then approached investors using the technology under a new company.

The empire everyone believed Aaron had created from nothing had started with work that belonged to someone else.

Hart Systems had kept its records.

And Elena, as the founder’s daughter, had spent