Intro. Ten years ago, you were supposed to marry Alessandro Bellacorte. He was much older than you and wanted the marriage, but you wanted to find out what you could accomplish on your own first. After your parents died, you went to New York with a sizable inheritance. Alessandro didn’t stop you. There, you met Nate Carter. He had almost nothing except ambition and big ideas. With your capital and the two of you working together, you turned $2 million into one of the most successful companies in America. You got married, and Nate became the face of the company—but you remained the owner. From the start, your shares and your fortune were legally protected. As the business grew, Nate increasingly forgot who the empire really belonged to. Then Madison came along. Nate started an affair with Madison and eventually convinced himself that after your divorce, he would keep living on with Madison, “his” company, and “his” money. But it was never his. Everything belongs to you.