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

The silence in the car was suffocating.


I sat stiffly in the back seat, watching Cora's school disappear from view. Damien drove with one hand on the wheel, his posture relaxed but his jaw tight.


"You didn't need to leave the school," he said finally, eyes fixed on the road. "I would have waited while you said goodbye properly."


"It's fine." My voice sounded hollow even to my own ears.


The car's interior still held evidence of Vivienne's presence – her perfume lingering in the air, her lipstick and purse tucked neatly in the compartment. All carefully preserved in her absence. All silent reminders that this space, like so many others in Damien's life, belonged to her.


"I can still take a cab," I offered, desperate to escape this confined space with him. "YodaVision isn't far."


"It's on my way," Damien replied curtly.


His phone buzzed on the console. I caught Vivienne's name flash across the screen before he swiped it away. The tension in the car thickened.


A Calculated Distance, An Unavoidable Collision