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.


"Wait, isn't that your boss standing over there?" Eden pressed her face against the passenger window, squinting through the glass like she needed a closer look to be certain.


I didn't need to look twice. Even from this distance, I could pick out that imposing silhouette anywhere. The way Mr. Spike stood with his shoulders squared, that controlled posture that screamed authority - it was unmistakably him. What made my stomach drop wasn't recognizing him, but seeing him planted right outside my front gate like he belonged there.


Eden didn't need to point out what was already painfully obvious.


What I couldn't wrap my head around was how he'd tracked down my address, and more importantly, what business he had showing up here unannounced.


Chapter 112 - Chapter 112 Boss at the Gate