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 sharp knocking jolted me awake like a gunshot. My body shot upright in the unfamiliar bed, heart slamming against my ribs as my eyes struggled to focus in the dim room. Pale morning light leaked through heavy curtains, casting strange shadows across walls I didn't recognize.


The bed beneath me felt wrong - too plush, too expensive. The sheets smelled like expensive cologne, masculine and intoxicating in a way that made my stomach flip. This definitely wasn't my cramped apartment.


My gaze swept the room and landed on a scene that made my blood freeze. 


Clothes. Everywhere. My black cocktail dress lay twisted on the hardwood floor like discarded evidence. One stiletto heel peeked out from under an ornate dresser while its partner sat abandoned in the corner.


Chapter 65 - Chapter 65 Wake Up Call