They say love is blind. For Seraphina, it was a death sentence.

For six years, Seraphina believed in Marco Rossi's love, even when it cost her everything. The first betrayal broke her heart. The second cost her their unborn child. But the third... the third would shatter her soul.

When Marco's mistress needs a kidney, he doesn't ask—he demands. And to force Seraphina's consent, he devises a twisted ultimatum: her organ, or her ailing mother's life. Bound and helpless, Seraphina can only watch as her mother's car plunges into the icy depths of the lake.

But that was only the beginning of the nightmare.

Broken, bereaved, and brutally violated, Seraphina is left with nothing but ashes and a burning rage. The innocent woman she once was died alongside her mother in that lake. What emerges is someone new—someone cold, cunning, and utterly ruthless.

From the depths of despair, a vow is forged in steel: She will make him pay.

The phone trembles in my hand as my assistant's voice crackles through the speaker, each word hitting me like a physical blow.


"Boss... Boss, it's true. When I went to pay the bill just now, the doctor said that your wife's mother... passed away a week ago from internal injuries caused by drowning..."


The words don't make sense. They can't make sense.


"What did you just say?" My voice comes out as a whisper, barely audible over the pounding of my heart.


"The death certificate, Boss. Seraphina filed it herself. A week ago."


The phone slips from my numb fingers, clattering onto the marble floor of my office. The sound echoes through the room like a gunshot.


The same day I had that body cremated. The same day I watched Livia observe the flames with that sick smile on her face. The same day I told Seraphina those were just teaching ashes.


Chapter 7 - Chapter 07: The Truth Unveiled