Emma's Surprise Guest

ANA 3 stories

Summary

Two Emmas. One vanished. One pretending. Emma Sterling was a name known in every glossy magazine — the elusive CEO behind Noire Étoile, a global fashion house redefining elegance. She built an empire without ever showing her face. No interviews. No photos. Just perfection, veiled in mystery. Then she disappeared. Thousands of miles away, in the quiet farmlands of Amory, Mississippi, Emma Cross was nobody. A quiet history student from Amory, Mississippi, who couldn’t stitch a button if her life depended on it. She came to Chicago to chase a future she didn’t believe in. But the city was too loud. Too fast. Too cold. Until she saw a face that looked just like hers — on a missing person’s poster. Emma Sterling was gone. Emma Cross had the same name. And nobody knew what the real Sterling even looked like. So, she made a decision. The plan was simple: pretend to be the missing CEO, use the same name, blend in, and disappear once the heat cooled. But the fashion world isn’t forgiving. Now, she’s stepping into Sterling’s heels — living in her penthouse, running Noire Étoile, pretending to be a woman the world barely remembers… all while catching the eye of Talon Lancaster, a billionaire investor with a silver tongue and a suspicious mind. But Talon doesn’t trust easily. And Emma Cross is walking a tightrope where one misstep means headlines, handcuffs — or worse. Because Emma Sterling may be gone… But she was never the type to give up her crown without a fight.