r/StoryVerseWorld

Chapter 1 It rained the day father passed away. Not heavy, just a light drizzle pattering against the window. He left at three in the morning. I was right there beside him. Only I was there. My eldest brother Robert Harrison answered the phone only after I called three times. "Mmh... what?" His voice was muffled, like he had just woken up. "Dad is gone." There was a few seconds of silence on the other end of the line. "Oh." Another few seconds of silence. "Well... you handle the arrangements for now, I'll rush back tomorrow." He was in Silicon Valley. It takes a three-hour flight to get back. But he wouldn't arrive until "tomorrow."

Chapter 1 Her Boss??? Isabelle Foster woke up in a bed she didn't recognize. She looked around groggily at the unfamiliar room and tried to piece together what had happened. Yesterday was the department dinner, and she'd accidentally had way too much to drink. After that... Her mind suddenly snapped into sharp focus as the memory hit her. His deep groans still echoed in her ears like they were haunting her.

The Fire Exit Victor's text hit Elara's phone at 9:47 PM. *Final notice. 48 hours or we seize the house.* She read it three times in the bathroom stall of the Thorne Dynamics ballroom, her hands shaking hard enough to nearly drop the phone into the toilet. Outside, two hundred of New York's elite celebrated another record quarter. Inside this stall, Elara's life was collapsing. Seven figures.