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.


"Where on earth did you get something like that?" I questioned, watching as Elsie clutched an enormous chocolate bar that dwarfed her tiny hands. The thing looked more like a candy store display than something meant for actual consumption. Chocolate was already smeared across her cheek as she took another enthusiastic bite.


Gerald's shoulders lifted in a casual shrug, his arms crossing over his broad chest while that infuriating boyish smirk played across his lips. "Here's something you probably don't know about me - I have a serious weakness for chocolate. Been obsessed with it since childhood, and apparently I never grew out of it. I keep one of these monsters on me wherever I go."


I stared at him, searching his face for any sign he was pulling my leg. But his expression remained completely earnest, as if hauling around industrial-sized candy bars was perfectly normal adult behavior.


Chapter 114 - Chapter 114 The Sweet Invitation