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.


I grabbed the champagne flute from a server's tray and drained it in one desperate gulp. The bubbles stung my throat, but the alcohol offered a brief escape from this suffocating evening. After hours of running around like a trained pet, I finally had thirty seconds to myself.


The manager had just glided away to charm another cluster of investors, her practiced smile already in place. My shoulders ached from carrying her oversized handbag, fetching her water, and standing at attention like some decorated mannequin. This personal assistant gig was nothing like my previous role managing projects and closing deals. This was pure performance art, and I was getting tired of being the background dancer.


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