She loved him. He broke her. Now she’s back, with a new face, a new name, and a plan to make him pay. Zara Amani thought she had found forever with billionaire Roman Vale. But a brutal betrayal and a near-fatal accident shatter everything. Three years later, she returns as Sera Quinn— his new PR specialist, with one goal: revenge. He doesn’t recognize her, but the spark between them reignites. And this time, she’s the one in control. But how do you destroy the man you still feel something for? What happens when love turns to war, and the past refuses to stay buried?
View MoreZara’s pov***
“Zara Amani will now be escorted out of the building.” I watched as Roman spoke with such spite. What seemed like the perfect morning had just turned sour with those words from the man I was engaged to.
I gazed at him, hoping, praying it was a joke, desperate for it to be a dream I was going to wake up from. But it wasn’t, and reality was harsher.
“Roman,” I called out, my heart racing. Surely there had to be an explanation for this.
“Not one more word from you…" I watched him turn to the members of the board … We shall now continue the other agenda.” I looked at his eyes, this was not the man I knew; his eyes, once warm and affectionate, were now cold, distant, it felt like I was never there, I had lost him.
“Roman, I didn’t.” I tried again, but he interrupted with a snarl.
“Damn it, Zara, I have enough proof here, you leaked the blueprints of the Elcon’s contract to our competitor! Our competitor, Zara, is all here,” he slammed the papers onto the table.
I glanced at Levi, Romans' best friend and advisor, but he wouldn't meet my gaze either.
“I can explain, Roman, I do not know what those are,” I tried to persuade him, moving closer to him.
“Do not, don’t you dare come near me,” he bellowed, his tone stinging.
Just then, the conference room door swung open, and the security guard came to take me out. I couldn’t believe that this was happening. I wasn’t only losing my job, but the man I love was sending me out, casting me aside, publicly humiliating me.
My chest throbbed in pain as I turned to look at Roman again. His eyes were void; I couldn’t plead with them. I couldn’t communicate with the man I called my own.
Roman and I had been engaged for 6 months, 6 beautiful months. It was love at first sight for me, and I had always believed it was the same for him. Or so I thought.
I walked out of the conference room, tears streaming down my face. I was no longer welcome in a place that once felt like home. I walked to my office, which was right next to Romans, yes, we were that couple, inseparable. Memories flooded me as I walked past his office to mine.
I would go home and talk to him, surely he would listen to me at home, I tried to tell myself. There must have been some mistake, the company had lost the contract, but I wasn’t the leak, someone else must have done so, to tear us apart, all I had to do was make Roman see.
As I looked through my stuff, Tania entered the office, her expression was heavy with sympathy.
“I heard,” she spoke softly, trying to comfort me, “Are you okay?”
“No, no Tan, I'm not,” I cried, overwhelmed.
“The whole office knows, but I know you didn’t do this,” she insisted.
“I'm sure you can make him see reason. He listens to you; you are his woman,” she tried to convince me, but somewhere in my heart, I knew it was over.
“I don’t know Tan, he was distant, he didn’t even look at me," I paused, feeling hopeless "he had proof Tan, proof, someone is sabotaging us” I lamented like there was anything she could do, she was just a staff at the human resources where I formally worked.
“We’ll figure this out,” she said, and hugged me, but I doubted it.
Just then, the door opened, and Levi walked in
“I'll come back to see you,” Tania said before leaving.
“Talk to him, he'd listen to you.” I looked at Levi for hope.
“I'm sure there is a mix-up somewhere,” I tried to convince him
“I don’t know Zara, Roman seems pretty convinced. But I'll talk to him, I'll look into it,” he assured me, squeezing my hand for comfort.
He was Roman's best friend, and if anyone could get through to him, it would be him. I took a shaky breath and sat on the chair.
“What do I do? Do I wait for him here?” I asked him, unsure what the next step would be.
“I would advise you to go home, perhaps you can go to his house later, when he is calm, he will listen to you.” It made sense; he was upset now, and he wouldn’t listen to me.
“Thank you,” I told him, gathered my things, and left the office.
I could feel the gaze of the workers as I left. I was the lowlife who snuck her way into the billionaire's world only to ruin it, I could feel their disgust and their eyes trying to rip me out.
Roman and I had met at the company’s dinner at the end of the year, shortly after I joined. Everyone spoke about the handsome billionaire boss, but we, the new hires, had yet to see him up close, and the dinner was the perfect opportunity.
After 2 glasses of wine, I felt light-headed and needed to get some air, so I stepped out,
“It’s a rather dull evening, don’t you think?” someone asked beside me
“No, look at the sky, it’s a beautiful evening,” I countered, turning to look at the man by my side, who was created tall and covered me in his evening tuxedo. His face was blurry, but I could see that he was beautiful, as beautiful as the stars I was staring at.
“Maybe you are right, but not as beautiful as you.” My eyes flew open, my head blank, he had complimented me, someone had noticed a simple HR assistant like me.
“Oh, thank you,” I said after finding my word
“Roman Vale,” he introduced himself and stretched out his hand for a handshake.
The world stopped in that moment. I choked on my drink, and his suit was ruined. I could remember him laughing at my clumsiness.
Looking back now, I wonder where that man was and who was doing this to us.
Looking back now, I wonder where that man was and who was doing this to us.
I was determined to do what Levi had advised; I was going to wait it out and talk to him as a couple, or whatever was left of that. There had been no signs, there had been no warning. We had gone on a date the week before, and it was filled with love and laughter.
At home, I tried logging in to the company’s database to find some once of truth to back up my own story when I told it to Roman, but I had been locked out of the company's database.
What do I do? I paced around the room, I couldn’t wait for time to fly by, to see Roman and explain to him that there was indeed a mistake somewhere.
Stacy, my dog, barked like she knew my frustration,
“It's going to be alright, right Stacy?” I asked her, and she barked again
“Thanks for being a brave dog.” I brushed her hair as she came to sit by me.
After what felt like hours, I picked up my keys and left the house. I headed for Romans, I knew he would be home by now. I wasn’t quite sure of the words to say to him, but I knew I had to try. At the gate, I put in the code, and it opened. I sighed in relief, he hadn’t yet changed it.
I drove straight to the apartment I thought Roman would be in and found the door open. wiping away my tears, I went into the house. It was quiet, and on the table, I discovered the files with my signature on them.
“Blueprint handed over to….” I sighed heavily; whoever had done this clearly must have had it out for me. I heard some noise coming from the room.
Thank goodness, I thought, he was home.
As I entered the room, my world came to a halt for the second time that day.
The keys in my hands dropped to the floor.
“Zara…”
Unknown's POV***Since planting the device in Sir Roman's office, my job had quieted into a routine of waiting and pretending. The buzz was gone. No more adrenaline, no more close calls. My employer’s grip on me hadn’t loosened, though, if anything, the silence made it worse. The threat still hung over my head like a dagger suspended by a thread.I’d long abandoned the idea of blackmail. That fantasy died the moment her warning came through. I wasn’t a mastermind, I was a pawn. A card in her dangerous, shadowy deck. And pawns didn’t win; they were sacrificed.I tried to console myself with the money. She had paid me more than my annual salary in a single transfer. Still, money couldn’t hold back fear. Not when every unknown number made my stomach twist into knots.My phone rang.Not a text. A call.My pulse quickened as I answered. "Hello?"A cold, electronically-masked voice replied. “I haven’t heard from you.”I swallowed. "There’s not much to report. You’ve got a listening ear
Zara's POV***I sat at the head of the oval table in my office, surrounded by my team and Selene, our heads bent over the proposal sheet like it held the secrets of the universe. The discussion was around the three-month PR campaign the company had planned to boost its global image that was halted in the past. The air was thick with anticipation."We stand a better chance of getting a proper video coverage now," Sam muttered, tapping his pen against his notepad."Why?" I asked, raising an eyebrow, though I already knew what he meant. Still, I wanted to hear him say it. To make it real.The room went quiet, eyes darting, throats clearing. No one dared to speak.Selene, of course, had no such hesitation. She leaned back in her chair and smirked. "Well, because now you own the key to our boss’s heart."I shot her a look, unimpressed. She raised her hands in mock innocence.At that moment, Chloe peeked into the room. "Ma’am, you have a message from Sir Roman," she said, and the murmurs b
Tania's POV***The rumors were as loud as a flock of birds squawking in the morning light, each chirp pecking at my nerves, stripping away my last shreds of composure.I had rushed home after that stunt Selene pulled, deliberately pouring coffee on me like some petty schoolgirl. My cream, colored dress, once a perfect blend of class and confidence, was now stained and sour-smelling. I barely glanced in the mirror before changing into something dark, something that mirrored the heaviness in my chest. By the time I returned to the office, the gossip had reached fever pitch.They said Roman kissed Sera. In public. In front of everyone.I locked myself in my office and cried harder than I had in years. The kind of crying that left you gasping for air, curling into yourself as if shrinking small enough would shield you from the world. I didn’t even try to pretend I was okay. What was the point? My mascara ran in black streaks down my cheeks, and my head throbbed from holding in scream
Zara’s pov***The drive to Roman’s reserved venue was a hushed affair. The sound of tires on asphalt seemed to blend into the quiet hum of my own thoughts as I stole glances at him, lost in his silence.The city skyline loomed ahead, glittering like diamonds against the twilight sky, but I felt a flutter of unease in my stomach.Suddenly, curiosity surged within me, breaking through the stillness.“You called her Selene. How did you know her name?” I dared to ask, unsure how he would respond.“Well, it is my company; nothing goes on without me knowing,” he said, his tone casual yet commanding. “I’m curious, though. It says in her file that she’s an IT guru. Why have her under the problem team?” He questioned, causing me to worry.I didn’t want to reveal too much, trust was a luxury I couldn’t afford just yet.He raised an eyebrow, and I could sense him waiting for my words. “Because sometimes you need someone with specific skills to navigate the dark corners of the internet. We need
Zara’s POV***Placing a gentle peck on my cheek, Roman strolled away, leaving me standing there and momentarily spellbound.A wave of disbelief washed over me, as if time itself had paused. Everyone who cared had witnessed the exchange; I could practically sense Ms. Sylvia's eagerness to place a call across to me.“I choose you,” he had declared; those words lingered in the air like an uninvited guest, heavy with implication.Their significance was profound, yet I found myself grappling to comprehend what Roman truly meant. Had he finally succumbed to his father’s expectations and chosen me? Or was this merely his way of establishing dominance, favoring me over his friendship with Levi?The notion that he might possessively claim me unsettled me more than I cared to admit.As I stood there, surrounded by the bustling noise of the office, my mind seemed to conjure vivid images, scenarios playing out as I contemplated the meaning of his words.“Snap out of it, girl!” Selene called out,
Tania's POV***The new girl slapped me back hard, her palm leaving a stinging imprint on my cheek.I stumbled for a moment, a wave of shock crashing over me, almost sending me to the ground.The sharp pain radiated through my face, and I instinctively clutched it, trying to process what had just happened. “Who the hell are you?” I managed to ask, my voice shaky but defiant. I glanced at Sera, who stood frozen, her eyes wide in disbelief.“Who the hell are you?” The new girl shot back, her voice dripping with attitude.“Answer me! Who do you think you are, barging into someone’s house and hitting them like that?” I snapped, my annoyance bubbling over.I could feel adrenaline coursing through me, a fire igniting in my chest as I looked back at Sera for support.“You’ve been nothing but trouble since you stepped into this place. It’s like you thrive on chaos. Why can't you just let things be the way they were before you showed up?” I demanded, frustration spilling out.I had seen the vi
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