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 remained rooted to the spot, my body refusing to move while my thoughts spun in relentless circles. Was this position truly worth everything I had sacrificed? The endless nights at the office, the profound isolation, the way precious moments with my daughter slipped through my fingers like sand? The manager's words echoed in my mind - I could simply walk away and find something else. My bank account was healthy, my credentials impressive, my reputation solid throughout the industry. 


So why was I allowing them to manipulate me like this? Why was I letting them shatter the carefully constructed peace I had built, treating me like nothing more than a disposable asset to be moved around their corporate chessboard? What gave them the right to demand I abandon everything I had painstakingly created here simply because their headquarters decided they needed me?


Chapter 85 - Chapter 85 Twenty Four Hours