From Beggar To Billionaire, From Princess To Prisoner

Vanessa Owen trailed behind the assistan

e frayed jeans brushed her knees, and the sight clashed sh

bag and pressed her nails into her skin because the sti

left for her bey

gone from one law firm to another across the city

g to her story over the phone, had

tied up in a meeting, so our boss will be seeing you instead," the assista

breath, Vanessa stepped inside the

gly familiar voice said, cutting through the

nt, Vanessa c

her gaze locked onto the man

l the way up with deliberate precision. Gold rimmed glasses sat neatly on his nose, while the

d again, sometimes carrying the stubborn youth they once shared, and other

pared to the commanding authority an

Shawn Madison, the man s

apsed into silence as her eyes drifted to the namepla

's earlier words, realizing tha

a helpless target who had wandered straigh

e slim file on the desk with steady fingers and spoke in an unhurried tone. "Owen G

oadcast. "Chairman Felix Owen and his wife, Diane Owen, are under investigation for

brutal force, and the impact ratt

from her face as the

road leather chair. His hands came together calmly, and hi

gaze was op

hout warmth, as though she were no m

his glasses to catch a cold glint. "How did the young woman who once stood before the en

a lost her train of thought entirely,

ion rushed through

forming words became

anding to come here and ask you for help. But I have nowhere else to go anymore. I'm begging

uth, Vanessa dropped to her knees on th

grace, which was why Vanessa would never have stood be

gile hope that Felix and Diane could still

he forced herself to cast aside what li

stared down without the slightest f

d inside the suffocati

ilence, Vanessa felt her chest gro

en about offering help, but about allowing him to see just

rescue the family of the woman who once hurt him so

pirit and wrapped her in a suf

e floor, and it felt as though every trac

trained smile and said faintly, "I'm sorry, Mr.

k on him and began to walk away, and

s, as though she were walking along a sh

closed around the icy

er parents would have no chance left,

o open it, Shawn's voice cut throu