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 hungry, sweetheart?" I asked, my voice soft as I gently tucked a wayward strand of her dark hair behind her ear.


She shook her head with quick, jerky movements, those enormous curious eyes staring up at me with an intensity that always made my chest tighten.


"Mommy's sorry for being late," I murmured, pressing my lips to her forehead in a tender kiss. "Let's go make something delicious together."


I rose from my crouched position, lifting her slight frame before setting her tiny feet back on the hardwood floor. The sound of her small shoes clicking against the surface echoed through the quiet house as she clasped my hand, and we made our way toward the kitchen.


Chapter 83 - Chapter 83 Shocking News Arrives