Ashley Hamilton believed she had the perfect life. She was married to a man she loved and trusted, and she carried the child they had dreamed about together. But her world shattered the night she discovered the cruel truth. Her husband had been having an affair with her half sister, the very woman who had always envied her life.

The betrayal alone was devastating, but it was only the beginning of Ashley’s nightmare. That same night, the man she trusted with her life murdered her without hesitation. To erase his crime, he framed her for cheating on him and left her to die with the truth buried forever. As Ashley lay on the cold floor in her final moments, she realized she had lost everything, including the life of her unborn child.

But fate was not finished with Ashley Hamilton.

Instead of death, she wakes up six years in the past, before the marriage that destroyed her life and before the people she trusted turned into her killers. Given a second chance, Ashley vows that this time she will not be the naive woman they once manipulated. This time she will take back everything that was stolen from her.

Determined to rewrite her destiny and make those who betrayed her pay, Ashley forms an unexpected alliance with the most powerful and untouchable man in the country, a cold and dangerously influential trillionaire whose wealth and influence dominate the business world. Their relationship begins as nothing more than a calculated agreement, a fake marriage designed to help Ashley infiltrate the elite circles where her enemies thrive.

With the power of the trillionaire behind her and revenge burning in her heart, Ashley steps into a dangerous game of secrets, manipulation, and high society scandals. As she carefully dismantles the lives of the people who once destroyed hers, she begins to realize that power comes with a price and that the man beside her may become far more than just an ally in her revenge.

In a world where betrayal runs deeper than love and enemies hide behind perfect smiles, Ashley Hamilton is ready to prove that the woman they once killed is the very woman who will rise to destroy them.

I tossed and turned in bed, thinking about the kiss Christian and I had almost shared. 


My heart hadn't stopped racing since I entered the room and collapsed onto my mattress, and no matter how many times I replayed the night, I couldn't make sense of it. I had almost kissed him.


The words sounded like they belonged to someone else's life. This was supposed to be revenge, a clean, calculated plan to make Owen and Ariana pay for murdering me and my unborn child in my past life.


So why was I lying here wondering what Christian's lips would have felt like?


I groaned and pulled the blanket over my face. "Am I going crazy?" I muttered.


I'd told my grandfather I loved Christian, and now I had to come up with more stories quickly.


Chapter 22 - I can’t stop thinking about him