Victoria’s confident smile disappeared the second the security team surrounded the estate. Chloe demanded answers while Julian quietly walked straight toward Elena, wrapped his coat around her shoulders, and helped her to her feet.

Then he introduced himself properly. Not as a mechanic, but as the billionaire CEO of Vanguard Industries. The same company that secretly controlled half the city’s commercial properties and financial contracts.

Victoria laughed nervously and insisted the estate belonged to her family. Julian calmly handed her a thick folder filled with legal documents proving otherwise. Every debt tied to the estate had been purchased through his corporation months earlier.

Elena’s late father had been bankrupt before his death and secretly begged Julian for financial help. By rescuing the estate financially, Julian had legally become the owner of the mansion, the land, and every asset Victoria believed she controlled-