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.


The receptionist's voice cut through my nervous energy, crisp and professional. But I caught that knowing look in her eyes, the kind that said she knew exactly what storm was brewing behind that office door.


Perfect. The insufferable witch was still here.


I'd spent the entire flight from Italy crossing my fingers that she'd vanished from this place. Maybe transferred to some remote branch office, or better yet, fired for being a nightmare to work with. But luck clearly wasn't on my side today.


When my boss in Italy dropped the bomb about my immediate transfer back to the States, alarm bells started ringing. Corporate didn't give me a week to pack up my life, didn't even give me days to prepare Elsie for the move. They wanted me back so fast it felt like a personal vendetta. And only one person here had that kind of grudge against me.


Chapter 92 - Chapter 92 Impact and Resolve