Ndidi, once the cherished love of his father's youth, now bore the title of stepmother. She carried it with the poise of a queen, yet her eyes were sharp, calculating, like a blade hidden beneath silk.
No one in the house moved without noticing her. No secret stayed unobserved.
And with her return, the mansion's fragile order shifted once more, hinting at secrets yet to come.
It wasn't long before Chibuzor and his siblings felt the full consequence of Ndidi's ambition.
She wasn't a gentle presence, she was a storm in human form, sweeping into their lives with plans too sharp to ignore.
She wanted control.
She wanted power.
And she wanted the Arinze legacy to bow to her.
She pushed herself into running the Arinze empire beside their father, acting like it was her natural right. She tried everything, everything, to give him male children, and slowly convinced him that her children should be the future heirs.
And then the real nightmare began.
