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.


"Tell me about your day at school," I said, lifting her small frame from the floor. She squealed with delight, her tiny arms circling my neck as I pulled her onto my lap.


"Nothing special happened today," she replied with that matter-of-fact tone only children possess, her little legs dangling as she nestled against me. "We just colored pictures and played games."


Her voice, sweet and innocent yet brimming with energy, never failed to make me smile. Each word she spoke seemed to wrap around my heart and squeeze gently, anchoring me to what mattered most. When she beamed up at me, I noticed the empty spaces where her front teeth once lived, casualties of her relentless sweet tooth. Despite my countless warnings, she had ignored every single one. That stubborn streak reminded me so much of myself.


Even with those missing teeth, she remained absolutely beautiful.


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