Chapter 15 - The Empty ChairOne year after the ballroom incident, Elena returned to the same gala.
This time, she entered through the main doors.
Not carrying a tray.
Not wearing a uniform.
She wore a simple midnight-blue gown.
The ballroom became quiet.
People remembered.
The silver tray.
The slap.
The humiliation.
The revelation.
But Elena didn't.
She walked toward the head table.
There was an empty chair beside Victor.
He stood.
"This belongs to you."
Elena looked at the chair.
Then she looked at the servants waiting along the walls.
She smiled.
"Not just to me."
She asked the staff to join the celebration.
May you like
The room applauded.
And the Laurent family finally understood what true inheritance meant.
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Chapter 16 - The Last SecretThat night, Elena found an envelope waiting in her study.
Chapter 17 - The SearchElena began searching.
Chapter 18 - A New BeginningMeanwhile, the Laurent family changed.
Chapter 19 - The Letter That Changed EverythingOn the anniversary of the night Elena had returned to the Laurent ballroom, another letter arrived.
Chapter 20 - The Door Beyond the SeaA year later, Elena stood on a quiet coastline beneath a pale morning sky.
