hellen_happiness
From the frying pan to the fire. That was Althea Cross’s life.
For four years, she was the perfect, invisible wife to Julian Cross and a daughter-in-law who was never good enough. She gave up her entire identity just to be tolerated, only for Julian to coldly hand her divorce papers the moment she was no longer useful.
Althea thought losing him was the worst thing that could happen to her. She was wrong.
Julian didn't just want a divorce; he wanted her utterly erased. Left penniless, broken, and actively on the run from the powerful Cross family, Althea's desperate escape leads her straight into the arms of the one man capable of protecting her—Julian’s fiercest rival who has the same blood as him. He is a man with his own lethal rules, dangerous secrets and hidden reasons for keeping her safe.
Under his shadow, Althea stops begging to be loved and starts remembering the woman she used to be. Julian thought he could ruin her life and get away with it, but he underestimated one thing: a woman with nothing left to lose knows exactly how to stoke the flames.
By the time the Cross family realizes what they’ve unleashed, it will be too late. Althea isn’t coming back to beg for a place at their table. She’s coming back to burn it down and take what is hers.
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