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 doorbell's persistent chiming echoed through the house, each ring more demanding than the last. I dragged my feet along the wooden floor, muttering complaints under my breath while still caught between sleep and consciousness.


I wondered briefly why Eden remained undisturbed by the racket. The sound was loud enough to rouse the entire block, yet my roommate probably lay in bed wearing those noise-canceling headphones, lost in her ocean sounds playlist. Still, I found it peculiar that anyone could sleep through such an insistent disturbance.


Another long, demanding ring pierced the morning quiet, drawing a heavy sigh from my lips as I rubbed the sleep from my eyes.


When I finally reached the door and pulled it open, I had already arranged my features into an expression of pure annoyance.


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