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 juice glass felt cold against my palm as those vivid memories crashed over me like a tidal wave.


The moment I saw that woman beside him in those photographs, everything crystallized with brutal clarity. If I wanted Tom back, I would have to wage war for him.


No, that wasn't quite right. I deserved him. That woman, Camilla, was occupying the space that rightfully belonged to me.


Right there in that moment, I made myself a sacred vow. I would move heaven and earth to rip that homewrecker out of his life forever.


To take back what had always been mine.


Tom was mine. His fortune, his influence, his devotion - every piece of it should have been in my hands from day one.


Sleep became impossible after that revelation. My brain burned with a single obsession consuming every waking thought: How could I win him back?


Then, like divine inspiration, the perfect strategy began to form.


Chapter 21 - Chapter 21 Orchestrated Collision