The champagne flute trembled in my hand, not from fear—from rage. Below me, the ballroom sparkled, a cage of crystal and lies, and there he was: Marcus, laughing with her, the woman whose name I once found in his phone, buried under 'Client X.' Five years ago, this scene would’ve broken me. Now, I smiled. Because they didn’t know. They had no idea I remembered everything—the fake bankruptcy, the coerced divorce, the night he left me bleeding on the marble floor, whispering, 'You were never enough.'

But I was back. Reborn. My father’s empire restored, my name cleared, my heart armored. And tonight, I’d drop the final bomb: my engagement to Liang Chen, the prince who once promised me the stars.

As the announcer took the stage, I gripped my ring. One word from me, and their perfect world burns. But do I destroy him publicly… quietly vanish with my victory… or make him beg before I crush him?