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Esmeralda's revenge is ignited when she catches her husband cheating with her best friend. She discovers she was drugged and compelled to sign a paper declaring the transfer of will from her to husband.In a bid to flee from an assassination attempt,she gets involved in accident and finds herself in a strange environment. She spends the next few years of her life orchestrating a plan for her revenge under the protection of her saviour.She appears three years later with a new identity and meets with her ex-husband's business rival for a beneficial collaboration. As lies,deceits and revenge entwines,can Esmeralda let go of her past and find love or will her obsession for revenge force her into a life of regret and lonliness?

BEYOND BETRAYAL-THE REVENGE OF THE BILLIONAIRE HEIRESS

The passage reeked of damp earth and rusting metal. My breathing was ragged as I chased the faint echoes of Miguel and Gideon's scuffle, the darkness pressing in on all sides. My grip on the knife was firm, though my fingers trembled.

The sound of a gunshot reverberated through the tunnels, followed by a sharp cry. My heart leapt into my throat, my pace quickening.

But before I could reach the source, a figure emerged from the shadows, staggering toward me.

Her name escaped my lips in a whisper, disbelief and fear twisting together.

Gideon was fast. He darted through the narrow tunnels like a man who knew every twist and turn by heart. I thought he was dead on the floor but he wasn't. The dull throb of my shoulder where his earlier blow had landed was a reminder not to underestimate him.

Finally, I cornered him in a dead-end section of the tunnel. He turned; his face twisted in a sneer.

Chapter Sixty-Seven