Elara Dawn

For seven years, Elara Thorne lived in the shadow of her own marriage. While her tech mogul husband Damien showered attention on his mistress, Elara played the perfect corporate wife—making his coffee, organizing his schedule, and watching her six-year-old daughter Cora grow closer to the other woman.

The other woman who happened to be her half-sister.

Vivienne Dubois had everything Elara didn't—Damien's heart, Cora's adoration, and the respect of everyone at Thorne Industries. When Elara flew home hoping to celebrate her birthday with her family, she found them planning a surprise party for Vivienne instead. When little Cora innocently asked if Vivienne could be her mommy, something inside Elara finally snapped.

Elara had been a brilliant AI researcher before marriage stole her ambitions. She'd co-founded YodaVision Technologies, only to abandon it all for a man who never loved her back. But now Julian Croft, her former partner, wants her to return as Chief Innovation Officer. The tech world that forgot her exists is about to remember why she was once called a visionary.

Walking away seems impossible when it means leaving Cora behind. But staying means accepting a life where she's invisible in her own home, humiliated at her own workplace, and competing with her half-sister for scraps of attention from her own family.

Damien thinks his wife will quietly accept whatever he gives her, the way she always has. He's about to discover that seven years of silence doesn't mean surrender—it means she's been planning her comeback. And when Elara Vance reclaims her name, her career, and her power, the tech world won't be the only thing shaken.

Some women bend. Others break. But the smart ones? They rebuild themselves stronger than before.

My Coldhearted Husband’s Regret

I watched Coco's chest rise and fall as she slept, her fever finally breaking in the early hours of the morning. The soft glow of dawn filtered through the curtains, casting shadows across her small face. Her cheeks were no longer flushed with fever, and her breathing had steadied.


The sound of a car pulling into the driveway broke the morning stillness. I checked my watch: 7:15 AM. Footsteps soon echoed through the hallway, steady and purposeful. Damien's footsteps. I would recognize them anywhere, even after all this time.


The bedroom door opened quietly, and he appeared in the doorway. His usually immaculate appearance showed signs of a long night—his shirt slightly wrinkled, his jaw shadowed with stubble.


"How is she?" he asked, voice low as he approached the bed.


"The fever broke around three this morning. She's been sleeping peacefully since then," I replied, keeping my tone neutral.


A Lingering, Telling Scent