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.


"Are you serious right now?" Owen's voice carried a sharp edge of disbelief as his eyebrows shot up, his expression mirroring the same stunned look I had worn when the truth first hit me.


"Dead serious," I responded, my voice steady as I settled deeper into my leather chair. "Trust me, I was just as blindsided."


Owen blinked several times, like he was trying to reset his brain to process what I had just told him.


"And she's actually working here? Under your roof?"


"Is that supposed to be a problem?" I shot back, keeping my tone neutral even though I could already see the wheels spinning in his head.


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