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.


Days had passed since my last conversation with Camilla. Two endless days that felt longer than they should have.


I had been holed up in my home office with Owen, poring over documents and connecting dots that might finally give us the answers we desperately needed. Between the countless hours of investigation and our hushed discussions about theories, I had barely touched food, and yesterday I never even made it to the office. Taking unscheduled time off was completely out of character for me. Business had always been my top priority, but lately, my focus had begun to wander in a different direction.


Today, however, I needed a respite. Not just for my mental state, but because I couldn't let things between Camilla and me become awkward. I had worked too hard to build whatever fragile connection we had, and I refused to let it crumble now.


Chapter 130 - Chapter 130 Unannounced Arrival