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.


Minutes passed as I watched the manager speak with the receptionist, and I could tell the exact moment reality hit him. His confident posture crumbled like a house of cards. His shoulders dropped, his head fell forward, and he pressed his fingers against his forehead in the universal gesture of someone who had just realized how badly they had screwed up.


I didn't need to hear the conversation to know what was happening. He had seen the payment confirmation. He was standing there, probably staring at the screen in disbelief, understanding not just how wrong he had been about me, but also figuring out how he was going to face me after treating me like garbage.


A satisfied smile pulled at the corner of my mouth as I folded my arms across my chest. Sometimes the best revenge was simply letting people dig their own graves.


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