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.


Gerald starts by claiming he knows about my marriage to Tom, like this revelation should completely upend my world.


Please. That information is ancient history. Everyone in corporate circles knows Tom Collin had an ex-wife. The gossip magazines covered it extensively, business conferences buzzed with whispers about it, and entertainment tabloids probably ran features on our divorce five years ago.


I kept my face carefully blank, but inside I wanted to laugh. Seriously, Gerald? This is your earth-shattering bombshell?


I chose to humor him, pretending his words actually surprised me. With someone like Gerald, it's always wiser to go along with their narrative. But then he had to complicate everything.


Because according to his twisted logic, Elsie belongs to Tom.


I almost lost my composure completely when those words left his mouth.


Chapter 120 - Chapter 120 Dangerous Fascination