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.


"Listen, you need to stop bringing up Tom in every conversation. I witnessed what that bastard put you through, but dwelling on him isn't helping anyone. You signed those divorce papers, cut all contact, and erased him from your world completely. I get that you despise him right now, but you're still letting him control your headspace and dominate every discussion we have," Eden declared, her tone carrying that familiar blend of tough love and genuine concern that made it impossible to dismiss her completely.


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