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 sweetest dream I'd had in weeks was shattered when my bedroom door crashed open without warning. The harsh creak followed by the slam made me jolt beneath my blankets, my heart hammering against my ribs.


Before I could even think to complain, Eden burst through the doorway with a loaded tray balanced carefully in her hands. The scent hit me like a wave - warm bread straight from the oven and fluffy scrambled eggs, their steam carrying the promise of comfort I hadn't felt in days.


"Rise and shine, sleeping beauty! Breakfast is served," Eden declared with that relentlessly upbeat tone she reserves for moments when she's determined to drag me out of my darkness whether I cooperate or not. She marched straight to my bed with the confidence of someone who owned the place, set the tray down with ceremony, and plopped herself onto the edge of my mattress.


Chapter 53 - Chapter 53 Sacred Vow Made