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.


What kind of fool does she take me for? As Delia filled me in on her conversations with this woman, I had assumed Kira possessed at least basic intelligence. After all, she was the one who approached Delia with the scheme to destroy Camilla. That showed cunning. Strategic thinking. The ability to recognize an opportunity and seize it.


So why would she believe I'd simply hand over a executive position without proof of her capabilities?


I'm not running a charity. I'm running a business empire. Every hire is an investment, every salary an expectation of returns. I don't pay people because they have sob stories or wounded pride. I pay them because they deliver results. Because they can navigate office politics, crush competition, and add zeros to my bottom line.


Chapter 139 - Chapter 139 Plans Under Fire