He’s hated her for six long years. Tech CEO Rowan Cross has never forgiven Ivy Vale for framing him for assault, derailing his future, and driving his father to death. But when Ivy’s mother crashes his live interview, a horrifying truth surfaces: Ivy died six years ago, broken by her mother’s suffocating, obsessive control. Her body has been hidden in a home freezer this whole time. Every grudge Rowan nursed was a lie—and his cruel final rejection was the last straw.












