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.


"Ms. Camilla, allow me to present the CEO of Spike Industries, Gerald Spike," the hiring manager announced with professional enthusiasm.


The words hit me like a physical blow, stealing the breath from my lungs.


My composure crumbled instantly. I felt my face drain of color as my lips fell open in shock, my mouth suddenly parched as though every drop of moisture had evaporated in a single devastating moment. If only he had been anyone else. Some anonymous office worker shuffling through cubicles, or maybe just another corporate drone grinding through meetings. Then I could have filed away our encounter under "regrettable decisions" and buried it deep enough that it would never surface again.


Instead, this nightmare was unfolding before my eyes.


Chapter 69 - Chapter 69 Identity Unveiled