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Bound by the Billionaire's Will
  1. 1. The Reading of the Will
  2. 2. The Standoff at Big Sur
  3. 3. The Contract of Coexistence
  4. 4. The Society Gala
  5. 5. The Poisoned Pen
  6. 6. Back to the Glass House 🔒
  7. 7. Terms of Touch 🔒
  8. 8. Secrets of the Shipyard 🔒
  9. 9. The Pacific Storm 🔒
  10. 10. Marked by the Billionaire 🔒
  11. 11. The Boardroom Coup Attempt 🔒
  12. 12. Julian's Threat 🔒
  13. 13. Midnight in the Glass Shower 🔒
  14. 14. Restoring the Brooklyn Dream 🔒
  15. 15. Flight to Paris 🔒
  16. 16. An Evening on the Seine 🔒
  17. 17. Parisian Penthouse Passion 🔒
  18. 18. Julian's Sabotage Discovered 🔒
  19. 19. The Fall of Julian Vance 🔒
  20. 20. Victoria's Desperate Smear 🔒
  21. 21. The Mojave Kidnapping 🔒
  22. 22. Inside the Desert Bunker 🔒
  23. 23. The Billionaire's Fury 🔒
  24. 24. The Silo Breach 🔒
  25. 25. The Safe Haven 🔒
  26. 26. Feverish Reconnection 🔒
  27. 27. The Successful Launch 🔒
  28. 28. Vows on the Pacific Cliffs 🔒
  29. 29. Nuptials of Fire and Silk 🔒
  30. 30. The Green Horizon 🔒
  31. 31. The European Foundation 🔒
  32. 32. The Whisper of the Pacific 🔒
  33. 33. The Fierce Protector 🔒
  34. 34. The Storm and the Safe Harbor 🔒
  35. 35. Alexander and Grace 🔒
  36. 36. An Empire of Everlasting Devotion 🔒

Chapter 20

Victoria's Desperate Smear

Bound by the Billionaire's Will · Chloe Davenport · 5 min read

Twenty-four hours after Julian's arrest, Victoria Sterling launched a desperate, venomous media smear campaign through her family's allied tabloid networks. Front-page headlines across New York blared sensationalized accusations: *'The Blackmail Bride: Did Clara Montgomery Seduce Arthur Vance to Steal a Forty-Billion-Dollar Aerospace Dynasty?'* Victoria appeared live on CNBC’s evening financial broadcast, wearing an elegant cream designer suit, wiping away crocodile tears. "Clara Montgomery took advantage of an elderly, dying man,"…

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