The Empress Who Buries Her Past

I sacrificed my womb and my youth to build Alec' s architectural empire from the shadows.

He repaid me by bringing his mistress, Billie, to frame me for plagiarism and destroy my reputation.

When my father suffered a massive heart attack, Billie used her influence to block his life-saving surgery.

Alec held my dying father' s life hostage, forcing me to my knees in front of the woman who ruined me.

"Apologize to her, Cydney," he commanded, "or I pull the plug."

I begged. I scraped my dignity off the floor. But they let my father die anyway.

Discarded and humiliated, I vanished in a plane crash, leaving only a wedding ring in a landfill.

Years later, at a global summit, Alec watched his company crumble under the attacks of a ruthless new rival.

He grabbed the woman in the emerald dress, his hands trembling as he recognized the eyes he thought were gone forever.

"Cydney? You're alive?"

I smiled, cold as ice.

"Ms. Frazier is dead, Alec. I' m the one who' s going to bury you."