When the Gold Tarnishes
By @john1208
Elara Vance's world was a meticulously curated museum of privilege and perfect appearances. Her father, a titan of industry, her mother, a celebrated philanthropist – their lives a masterclass in controlled elegance. But one chilling morning, a damning exposé shatters it all: her father's empire built on deceit, her mother complicit in covering it up. The Vances are disgraced, their assets seized, their social standing evaporated like morning mist. Elara, once destined for a life of effortless grace, is left with nothing but a tattered designer dress and the bitter ashes of a public scandal. Stripped of her name, her home, her future, she must navigate a world that now sees her as a pariah, all while questioning if the perfect daughter she portrayed was ever real. Can she forge a new self from the ruins, or will the weight of her family's infamy crush her before she even begins?
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