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 information glowing on my computer screen felt like a punch to the gut. After hours of digging through records and connections, one fact emerged with crystal clarity: Camilla had a daughter with Tom Collin, my business rival.


I pushed back from my desk, the leather chair creaking under the sudden movement. My hands found their way to my face, fingers pressing against my temples as the pieces finally clicked into place. So this was her secret. This was why she deflected every personal question, why she built walls higher than skyscrapers whenever I tried to get close.


She was terrified I'd discover the truth about little Elsie.


The same child who had wrapped her arms around Camilla's legs and called her mommy right in front of me. Tom's daughter. The connection was so obvious now that I wondered how I'd missed it before.


Chapter 118 - Chapter 118 Truth Revealed