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 slipped out of the formal dress from earlier and pulled on something that actually let me breathe. Comfort over fashion today. This wasn't about impressing anyone or making statements. This was purely practical. Finally getting myself the one thing I'd been postponing since returning home - a car of my own.


My first instinct had been to replace the Range Rover I'd left behind in Italy. Safe choice. Familiar territory. I knew exactly what I was getting. But something held me back from that easy decision. Maybe it was the realization that cars become repositories for memories, and I was done hauling pieces of my Italian life around like baggage. This was supposed to be a fresh start, wasn't it? Time for something that belonged entirely to this new chapter.


Chapter 109 - Chapter 109 Wrong Assumptions