MasukOn his 34th birthday, James Cross expects another lavish party and meaningless celebration. Instead, Mimi Rayne and their son surprise him at his office—only to discover another woman publicly claiming to be Mrs. Cross. Humiliated and heartbroken, Mimi walks away from the marriage she once believed in. When her former love, Jaxon Vale, returns, seeking revenge on James, Mimi faces an impossible choice: take revenge with Jaxon or forge her own path to freedom. Meanwhile, her son Simeon, wiser than his years, proposes a startling solution: “Marry Jaxon and start again, or let revenge destroy you.”But James won’t let her go so easily—and Jaxon has his own secrets. In a city where fortunes turn on a whisper, can Mimi find her voice, reclaim her strength, and discover a love worth fighting for?
Lihat lebih banyakSimeon’s small fingers tapped on the tablet screen, trying to help his mother, Mimi, navigate through her endless emails. She had been stressed lately, buried under more business deals than she could handle, and now he was trying to ease her load. He scrolled through the apps until something caught his eye: a folder labeled “Project Lazarus.”His curiosity piqued, he hesitated. The folder seemed out of place, hidden deep in the tablet’s storage.“Mimi never mentioned this,” he muttered under his breath, a chill running down his spine.His heart raced, but something kept him from simply closing the tablet. He hovered his finger over the folder, uncertainty flooding him. He thought about telling Mimi, but then again, wasn’t it his responsibility to protect her?He opened the folder.The screen flickered for a second, and he froze. The tablet hesitated as if fighting against him, the words slowly materializing in front of his eyes. The file names looked cryptic: “Stage One: Data Intercep
“And in breaking news, Mimi Rayne, the CEO of Silent Horizons, is being accused of corporate espionage. Allegedly, Rayne has stolen the intellectual property from CrossCorp, using it to propel her own company to success.”Mimi’s fingers curled into fists. She stared at the screen, watching as Elias Stone’s face appeared next to the reporter, his expression smug and calculated.“Let’s not forget,” Elias’s voice rang through the living room, “that Silent Horizons is built on ideas that don’t belong to her. The success she’s claimed is nothing but a lie, stolen from CrossCorp’s hard work. It’s time for the truth to come out.”Her breath caught in her throat. She felt the walls of her own home closing in, as if everything she had worked for was being shattered in an instant.Jaxon, standing beside her, could see the panic in her eyes. “Don’t let him get to you, Mimi,” he said, his voice strained, though his jaw was clenched tight. “We’ll fight back.”But Mimi couldn’t shake the feeling th
Lyra sat hunched over her desk, the dim light of her office casting long shadows across stacks of papers. She had spent hours poring over financial documents, her eyes scanning for something, anything, that might shed light on Elias Stone’s connection to James. The more she uncovered, the more she realized the depth of their collaboration — and the true scale of their manipulation.Her heart raced as she uncovered a series of financial transactions, each one more damning than the last. A shell company had been funneling money directly to James, and the accounts linked back to Elias’s business front.She muttered to herself, “This is it... this is the smoking gun.”With a trembling hand, Lyra clicked open the encrypted file. The numbers were so clean, so perfectly masked, but there was no mistaking it — Elias’s fingerprints were all over it. The accounts were tied to a secret shell company, its transactions deliberately hidden behind layers of false identities. The man was clever, too
Mimi sat at her desk, her hands trembling as she gazed at the papers in front of her. The office felt too quiet, too still. The weight of everything pressing down on her — the scandal, the threats, and the constant feeling of being watched — seemed to have merged into one heavy, suffocating cloud.Her mind wandered, unwilling to stay on one thought for too long. Flashbacks of past mistakes, betrayals, and unresolved fears flickered like shadows in the corners of her mind.Suddenly, a creak from the hallway broke her concentration. Mimi froze, her heart leaping into her throat. She listened, her breath shallow, waiting for another sound. Nothing.She pushed her chair back, walking cautiously toward the door. Her footsteps felt too loud in the silence. As she opened the door, she peered into the hallway. Empty. The house was quiet. She stepped back inside, shaking her head.But then, the faintest scent reached her — something burning. A faint, sharp smell like paper or fabric. Mimi’s pu
The sudden vibration of her phone broke her concentration, and Lyra glanced at the screen. A text from an anonymous number flashed: “He’s not just pulling the strings. He’s the one who started it all.”Her pulse quickened. She had known this was bigger than James, but this… this was more than she c
He hesitated before answering, his thumb brushing the screen. “Hello?”The voice on the other end was low, almost a growl. “Jaxon. You took my wife. I’ll take everything from you.”Mimi froze at the sound of James’s voice, too familiar, too chilling. She had been trying to block out the fear, prete
Mimi’s footsteps echoed in the silent hallway as she approached the front door. She had just returned from a long day of meetings, her mind clouded with thoughts of the future. But as she reached for the door handle, a sense of unease crawled up her spine.There, resting on the doorstep, was a bouq
“Mimi, I have bad news,” David’s voice was grim. “James is out. Someone bailed him out. An unknown benefactor.”Mimi’s breath caught in her throat. “How? Who would do that?”David paused, his tone lowering, as if the very words could bring danger into the room. “I don’t know. But whoever it is, the












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