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

Elara sat across from Ethan at the small table in the manor's sunroom, going through his physics homework. Though still recovering from her illness, she'd kept her promise to help him.


"So the acceleration is found by dividing the change in velocity by the time interval," she explained, pointing to his calculations.


Ethan's brow furrowed in concentration. "That makes sense now. I was overthinking it."


"Physics often seems more complicated than it is," Elara said with a small smile. "Just remember the basic principles and take it step by step."


"You explain things way better than my professor," Ethan remarked, scribbling down the solution. "Were you always good at physics?"


"I enjoyed it in school," Elara replied. "But my real passion was computer science and AI development."


Ethan looked up from his notebook, surprise evident on his face. "Really? I didn't know that."


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