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.


My entire body went rigid as my gaze fell upon a figure I never expected to encounter again. The air seemed to leave my lungs in one sharp exhale, leaving me gasping silently as recognition hit me like a physical blow.


The man from the previous evening stood before me, moving with that same self-assured stride that had caught my attention at the bar. Every feature was exactly as I remembered through the alcohol-induced haze - the defined jawline, the arrogant lift of his eyebrows, and that insufferable expression of superiority that seemed permanently etched into his face. He approached the reception area with complete confidence, as though he belonged there more than anyone else in the building.


Chapter 68 - Chapter 68 Unwelcome Revelation