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.


I'd had enough. Enough of sitting in this cramped backseat, enough of the endless uncertainty, enough of pretending that staying here would somehow change what was waiting for me inside that building. No amount of stalling would transform my anxiety into confidence or untangle the knots forming in my stomach.


Time to stop hiding. The cab driver's eyes found mine in the rearview mirror, silently questioning whether I planned to actually exit or continue my brooding session.


Drawing a slow breath, I finally grabbed the door handle.


The moment my fingers touched the metal, another vehicle slid into the space directly beside us, its engine humming with expensive precision. Perfect timing. My hand stilled on the handle, annoyance flaring hot in my chest.


Seriously? This driver couldn't see I was about to step out? The audacity. If I'd opened my door just seconds earlier, it would have been torn right off. 


Chapter 98 - Chapter 98 Into The Spotlight