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.


Tom's expression turned ice cold, his jaw clenching so hard I could see the muscle twitching beneath his skin.


"I don't give a damn if you walk out that door," he snarled, his voice dropping to a dangerous whisper that sent chills down my spine. "But her? You're not taking my daughter anywhere."


"Yes, I am," I replied, my voice steadier than I felt inside. My pulse hammered against my throat, but something deep within me refused to back down anymore. "Joy is my child too, Tom. She shouldn't have to witness her father treating her mother like garbage."


His eyes became slits of pure fury as he moved closer, his imposing frame casting a shadow over me. The bedroom suddenly felt smaller, darker, suffocating. "You think you can just pack up and disappear with her?" he roared, his voice bouncing off the walls.


Chapter 16 - Chapter 16 Breaking Point Reached