I thought I was just a maid.For twenty-four years, I lived in silence under the Carrington roof, scrubbing floors and swallowing insults. I never questioned why Lloyd Carrington kept me close but treated me like I didn't exist. I never understood why his daughter Salma looked at me with such pure hatred.I should have asked why.When the Carrington empire began to crumble, Lloyd made a deal that shattered what little world I had left. He handed me over to Victor Moreau, his most dangerous rival, in a contract marriage that felt more like a death sentence than salvation.But Victor Moreau had been watching the Carrington family for years, waiting for his chance at revenge. Taking me wasn't just business. It was personal.What started as a transaction became something I never expected. In Victor's world, I discovered power I didn't know I possessed. Strength I'd buried under years of servitude. And when I returned to Carrington Manor, no longer the invisible girl who cleaned their floors, I began to understand the truth.I wasn't just raised in that house. I was born there.I wasn't just their servant. I was their secret.And secrets, I've learned, have a way of destroying the people who keep them.