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 chocolate gift basket sat perfectly arranged on the coffee table, and I couldn't help thinking how much Elsie would love every piece inside it.


I settled back into the couch cushions, my fingers drumming absently against the leather armrest. The apartment was wrapped in silence, broken only by the steady rhythm of my watch ticking away the seconds.


Camilla had stepped out to get the door several minutes earlier, mentioning it was likely Eden stopping by. But now more than five minutes had passed.


I glanced at my watch face again. Perhaps Eden had lingered for some casual conversation at the entrance. Yet Camilla wasn't one to waste time with idle chatter, particularly when we had groceries waiting to be stored.


That's when her voice drifted down the hallway.


"What are you doing here? How did you find this place?"


Chapter 151 - Chapter 151 Ghosts From The Past