I was devoted to Tom Collin, a man whose ambition I once admired. I gave up my career, my future, my entire identity for him. I was the perfect wife while he built his empire. But when he reached the top, I became invisible.
Then I found him with her—his college ex, the woman who’d abandoned him when he had nothing. When I confronted him, the man I married vanished, replaced by a monster whose hands left bruises on my skin.
I was finally ready to leave. But I never got the chance. He left our five-year-old daughter, Joy, alone for his mistress. And in his absence, my baby was murdered.
I buried my child, and with her, the weak woman I used to be. In a haze of grief, I let a handsome stranger hold me for one night in Italy—a single moment of oblivion.
Five years later, I live for one purpose: Revenge. Tom Collin will pay for what he did. He has no idea the woman now standing before him. But my new boss… he might. The magnetic CEO of our rival company is the stranger from that night. And he doesn’t know he’s the father of my secret daughter.


The captain's voice cut through the hum of the aircraft engines, calm and professional as he announced our descent. His words pulled me from the restless half-sleep I'd been drifting in and out of, my eyelids heavy as I blinked against the soft cabin lighting. I shifted in my seat and glanced toward Elsie, who was curled up beside me, her small frame tucked against the window seat.


She was still lost in dreams, her breathing steady and peaceful, completely oblivious to the chaos that had upended our world in mere hours. We'd fled my apartment before sunrise, racing through empty streets to catch this flight. Everything had been rushed, frantic, leaving no time to process what was happening.


Elsie had barely managed to wake up properly, and I hadn't even had a moment to think clearly about what came next.


Chapter 87 - Chapter 87 Back for Blood