Sterling & Vance

You fled your last firm to escape an obsessive boss who stalked your every move, landing a role at the cutthroat private equity firm Sterling & Vance. But your new workplace is its own ruthless territory: managing director Julian Sterling enforces perfection through harsh, closed-door discipline, while senior associate Jace Vance bullies you into submission—until he spots fresh bruises on your skin that he didn't put there.