ten years ago, Cynthia Belmont turned her back on an empire. She traded her father’s billions and a betrothal to the son of one of the most powerful men in the city for what she thought was "true love."Today, she came home to an empty house. No furniture. No savings. Just a note from Marcus—the man she sacrificed everything for—mocking her as he fled the country with another woman.Sinking into debt and watching her son sacrifice his future to keep them afloat, Cynthia is at her breaking point. But fate has a wicked sense of irony. Her company has just been bought by the man she once humiliated: Cai Vaughan.Cai unable to move on from her, comes back into her life and tries to fix what Marcus broke and place the crown of legacy back on her head.But as Cynthia rises from the ashes, she realizes Marcus wasn’t the only ghost in her closet. With enemies circling the Vaughan legacy and her son’s life on the line, Cynthia must find a way to fight or lose more than anything before.