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.


"So you believe I would deliberately deny you this opportunity without even evaluating your qualifications simply because you think I might seek revenge for how you challenged me last night?"


His voice cut through the air with calculated precision as he settled back into his leather chair, projecting an aura of someone who controlled every second of his day.


His gaze remained fixed on mine, penetrating yet impossible to decode, and that effortless authority in his tone made me fidget against the plush seat.


"I don't believe it, I'm certain of it," I shot back, maintaining our stare-down despite the anxiety clawing at my ribs.


The words escaped sharper than I meant them to, but my nerves were already fraying at the edges.


Chapter 70 - Chapter 70 Different Man