Ariana flung the papers across the room before standing up, holding onto the sides of her office desk so stiffly that her knuckles turned white.

Her lustrous sapphire gems for eyes searched the young man's eyes Infront of her with a conflicted look on her face. But no matter how hard she tried to deny It, no matter how many times she tore up the documents or flung them away, he was the exact carbon copy of her late husband, Henry.

Infact, It was like looking at Henry, but probably when they were still highschool sweethearts back then.

He was hers and she was his, and together they formed what the world feared. The power couple.

With her beauty, Influence and intelligence and with his wealth and affluence, nothing and no one could stand against them. Their power held a great meaning and was spread far and wide to anybody- any company who would dare rise against them. It was best served as a warning that they would be crushed to the ground even before they attempted to bring them down.

The problem however was that Ariana was unable to bear a child for him- a suitable heir. This didn't bother them at first, but almost a decade into their marriage and there was not even a sign of pregnancy to show for it, Henry began to look for other means to secure his business.

He began getting acquainted with women outside their home, and before long, he had three baby mamas who were tested to be fertile and healthy enough to bear him a child.

"Sin un heredero, mi poder de influencia sobre mis propiedades sería anulado una vez que muera." ( without an heir, my influential power over my properties would be nullified once I'm dead. ) He would say to his wife soothingly, but Ariana didn't think he understood having to bear the pain and hurt of seeing her husband who she loved try to get an heir out of another woman who didn't even deserve a dime.

Henry loved her- that she knew, but she was aware that If another woman beared his heir, her position in Henry's life would be threatened. She was helpless as It was, considering that Henry didn't even want to adopt a child.

Three months later unfortunately, Henry was rushed into the hospital, half dead. It turns out that he was poisoned, but just before he was revived, he died. His death spread like a wide flame across the country.

Detectives who were highly esteemed were asked to look into the case and find out who was that powerful and Influential enough to kill a great man of power and affluence like Henry Torres.

The suspect everyone had in mind was his wife. Ariana Torres.

It was explainable as to why someone would have access to kill him that easily.

However, coupled with mourning her husband and proving her innocence, Ariana further digs into the case by hiring more Detectives, and exposes one of her husband's baby mamas, Mary Gallia who admitted to poisoning late Mr. Torres because since she was unable to bear a child for him as well, she couldn't bear to see another woman's child inherit all his properties.

Mary was trialed in court and sentence to life imprisonment with hard labor, and Mrs Torres was proven innocent and her sullied name was cleansed.

As the rule permits, she was allowed to have full ownership of all her husband's properties until she decides to adopt a child in the near future or get married and bear an heir.

But as the months went by, Ariana made certain that only she remained the rightful sole owner in possession of all the properties, and she ensured that.

When Henry was still alive and having baby mamas scattered around the country, Ariana had been dutifully keeping tabs on all of them, and once she was proven innocent in the court after her husband's deaths, she had hired skilled assassins to end the lives of every single woman who her husband have slept with that wasn't her.

The job was not an easy task, but Ariana was one who liked to take on impossible challenges whether alone or not, and she had the money and influence for that.

She could get the assassins to kill all those innocent women; the ones that were innocent and not so innocent and still get away with their deaths without a drop of blood of her hand.

That was her using her powers and affluence.

Years passed and she had evolved along with the company. She had headquarters around the world- she lived in a bigger mansion now with maids at her beck and call. She went on vacations all around the world much frequently- Ariana was enjoying life with her husband's wealth and business which she was managing well.

She however did not expect that a stranger from no where after all these years, would come, bearing the proven medical results and claiming that he was the rightful son and heir of his father's properties.

The thick bushy brows, the same firy, clear cerulean eyes which held a bit of mischief and mirth in them, a straight perfect shaped nose, and a sexy jawline that looked like it was chiseled into perfection by gods.

When he had walked into her office, she had drank in his appearance, taking note of his lean muscular frame, the way his shirt hugged his body perfectly and shielded her eyes from his torso. His hair was ink black and swept back from his face just like Henry did his when he usually went to work or had an urgent meeting.

The resemblance was too scary.

But just like she had ended the lives of all the potential heirs even before they were born with a just snap of her finger, this young stranger would be of no difference.

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