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

Chapter 229 - A Fragile Truce for a Child


I pushed open the heavy hospital door, my mother Clara close behind me. The antiseptic smell hit me immediately—that distinct hospital scent I'd always hated. My steps faltered when I spotted them in the hallway: Dylan standing tall in his expensive suit, and Cora, her small hand tucked in his.


The moment Cora saw me, her face lit up. "Mommy!" She broke free from Dylan's grip and ran toward me, her little arms outstretched.


I knelt down, catching her in a tight embrace, her familiar weight against me healing something I hadn't realized was broken. "Hello, sweetheart," I whispered, breathing in her scent.


"I missed you so much!" Cora's arms tightened around my neck.


"I missed you too, baby." I pulled back slightly to look at her face, brushing a strand of hair from her forehead. "How are you?"


"Great-Grandma has a big cast on her leg," she informed me solemnly. "The doctor said she has to stay in bed, but she doesn't like it."
