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 boardroom went dead silent when I stepped through the doors. Even after all these years, it still caught me off guard how quickly conversations died, how every gaze turned my way like I was pulling some invisible string. Not that I minded. In Italy, my name carried enough weight to shift entire markets.


Two words that could green-light multimillion-dollar deals, open doors across continents, and crush anyone stupid enough to cross me.


I reached for the sleek remote sitting on the gleaming conference table. The polished surface threw back the harsh fluorescent lighting, and for just a moment, I saw my own reflection staring back. Sharp. Focused. Ready.


The wall-mounted screen flickered to life as I pressed the button, bathing the sterile room in bright light.


Chapter 80 - Chapter 80 Command the Room