HER HUSBAND STATIONED TWENTY ARMED MEN OUTSIDE THE DELIVERY ROOM—BUT HIS WIFE WAS ALREADY TEARING DOWN HIS EMPIRE FROM 30,000 FEET

$1.8 billion.

That evening, Victoria hosted a private dinner at a rooftop restaurant in Tribeca. Investors lifted glasses. Clients toasted her vision. Elaine Porter leaned closer and whispered, “You do realize you’re terrifying now.”

Victoria glanced out at the skyline.

“Good.”

But later, when the crowd thinned and Manhattan’s lights shimmered beneath continue reading …