When my billionaire husband forced me to take the blame for the fire his mistress started—permanently scarring my hands—he thought he broke my spirit. He forgot I was the ghost-chef who built his Michelin-starred empire. For three years, I stayed hidden in the kitchen while Chloe Sterling took the credit and Declan's heart. But after he dismisses my ruined hands as 'collateral damage,' I'm done. I'm taking back my recipes, joining his fiercest rival, and burning his empire to the ground.

I’ve been a ghost for a year, tethered to the man who despises my memory. Julian Thorne, the billionaire who survived a hostile takeover, believes I sold him out to his worst enemy. He doesn't know I became a traitor to secure the antidote that saved his life. Now, as he prepares to marry another woman, he finally cracks open my hidden vault. When the truth of my sacrifice shatters his reality, his hatred turns into a terrifying, grief-fueled vengeance. But is it too late to save me?

Ethan, the top student of Class 1, is notorious for his rebellious, arrogant, and cold demeanor. Everyone says: "Cross anyone, but never cross Ethan—he can scare girls to tears." Grace, calm and indifferent, couldn't care less. Little does she know, one day Ethan will pull her close and whisper with a hoarse voice: "Grace, smile at me. Let me take care of you for the rest of your life, okay?" A tender, soft-spoken girl paired with a rebellious campus bad boy. Growing up together and growing old together.

I was reviewing drone footage for our firm’s biggest gala when I saw them. My fiancé, Julian, and the junior publicist I’d handpicked, Chloe. Tangled together in the VIP tent. I didn't scream. I didn't cry. Instead, I smiled, closed my laptop, and went to work. Julian thinks he’s stealing my company and my life. He doesn't know I've already begun a methodical, legal annihilation of his entire world. By the time he realizes he's playing my game, he won't have a single piece left.

Nora Vance was stripped of her family's legacy and left to authenticate pawn shop jewelry to survive. She expected to be blackmailed by a corrupt dealer, not rescued by Julian Croft, the ruthless CEO of the global Croft Syndicate. Julian claims he owes Nora a life debt from eight years ago, effectively giving her a blank check to his empire. But Nora refuses to be a charity case. She treats the billionaire as her personal debtor, demanding a senior position in his company as 'interest.' When Julian's polished, territorial fiancée tries to bully Nora out of the picture with a multi-million dollar bribe, Nora simply pockets the money—and initiates a hostile takeover of the woman's life.

Three years ago, Vivienne Croft’s fiancé vanished in a plane crash on the eve of their wedding. She buried her grief and forged their failing company into a billion-dollar empire. But today, Arthur is back—alive, entitled, and holding the hand of his new, pregnant wife. He expects his CEO seat and his compliant fiancée back. Instead, Vivienne strips his security clearance, demotes him to a cubicle, and announces her marriage to his most ruthless rival, Julian Vance. The empire is hers.