Diffident Writer
The smell of burning flesh and the sound of mocking laughter were the last things Elena Ortiz remembered from her first life. Locked inside a blazing villa by her treacherous stepsister, Chloe, and her cold-blooded husband, Julian Vance, Elena died in pure agony. They stole her massive inheritance, ruined her reputation, and sought to erase the existence of her secret child—a daughter Julian claimed wasn't his. Elena died screaming for a justice that never came.
But fate wasn’t finished with her.
Elena gasps awake, sitting up in a luxury hotel room. She checks her phone; the date is October 12, 2023. She has been reborn three years in the past—on the exact day Julian is set to announce their engagement trap. This time, the timid heiress is gone. In her place stands a calculating queen rising from the ashes, driven by a dark, unyielding thirst for vengeance.
To burn her enemies' world to the ground, Elena needs the ultimate weapon. She approaches Adrian Vale, the ruthless, cold-hearted billionaire Tycoon and Julian’s fiercest business rival. She offers him a high-stakes corporate blueprint in exchange for a one-year contract marriage. Adrian, amused by her sudden ferocity, signs the papers. He thinks she is just using him as a shield.
What the Tycoon does not know is the deepest secret of her past life: the hidden toddler she is protecting carries the legendary, silver crescent birthmark of the Vale bloodline on her wrist. Lily is Adrian’s biological daughter.
When the truth explodes, the contract shatters. Adrian's dark, possessive alpha instincts completely awaken. He unleashes his underground mafia connections, locking Elena and their child firmly under his absolute protection. Together, they will make everyone who ever crossed them beg for mercy.
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