Eira Hax, the daughter of a once-wealthy heiress, has spent her entire life in the shadows. Twenty-two years ago, her mother, a kind-hearted but naive woman, was deceived by her husband, a ruthless businessman. He stole her entire fortune and framed her for a crime, sending her to prison, unaware that she was pregnant and secretly battling terminal cancer. Eira’s mother died alone behind bars, but not before giving birth to Eira, entrusting her with a burning desire for revenge. Now, two decades later, Eira returns with one goal: to destroy the man who ruined her mother’s life—her own father. To do so, she strategically marries his most powerful rival, Callian Reed, a man as dangerous as he is influential. Together, they plot to destroy her father’s empire, piece by piece. But as Eira is pulled deeper into a world of business, power and revenge, she’s forced to confront her own problems and decide just how far she’s willing to go to avenge her mother. “I’m not your enemy, darling…you should know that by now.” “Callian, everything you do is not written in our contract. Why are you breaking it?” “The more I learn about you, the more I hate everyone who hurt you. So please, Eira, let me get rid of them for you.”
Chapter 61: Tangled Consequences
Callian sat in the driver's seat of his sleek black car, his hand rested heavily on the steering wheel.
It throbbed, a deep, dull ache spreading across his knuckles.
He glanced down at it—swollen, bruised, and a faint line of dried blood across his skin.
"Damn it," he muttered under his breath.
His fingers flexed experimentally, wincing when pain shot up his arm.
He could still feel the impact of his fist meeting hard bone, the heat of anger that had driven him to swing.
It wasn't something he usually did—he wasn't that kind of man—but that situation had pushed him to a limit he hadn't known existed.
He drew a slow, measured breath and adjusted the rearview mirror, catching a glimpse of Eira walking into the main building.
She moved briskly, her head held high, though the tension in her posture still showed her stormy emotions.