And then a woman walked in behind them.

Chapter 11 — Lucinda Carrington

You did not have to follow the markets to know the face of Lucinda Carrington.

She was a titan — a financier, the architect of an industrial empire that spanned aerospace and real estate across three continents.

She wore a pristine white cashmere coat, her silver hair pulled into a severe, elegant knot, and she moved like a woman who owned the air in the room.

But it was her eyes that stopped my breath.