Naomi Carter was a woman who believed in love with every fiber of her being — so deeply that she gave herself to him, completely. From her heart to her soul, from the moments of passion to the quiet whispers of vulnerability, Naomi poured everything she had into her relationship with Ryan Donovan.Ryan was charming, ambitious, and captivating. Together, they built a life. Together, they built her company — the one that Naomi had started from the ground up. She loved him with a devotion that bordered on obsession, believing that with him by her side, there was nothing she couldn’t achieve. And in a desperate act of faith, she handed over the reins to her empire, making him the CEO of the company she had spent years creating.But what Naomi didn’t foresee was the monster Ryan would become when given power. At first, it was subtle. The late nights. The secretive phone calls. The cold, distant stares when he used to smile. The passion they once shared turned to indifference. And then… the betrayal. Ryan started showing his true nature — a man consumed by greed, arrogance, and a thirst for control. The man she had once loved with everything she had was slipping away from her, and Naomi could feel it.As Ryan’s behavior grew more erratic and dangerous, Naomi found herself at a crossroads. She had given him everything, and now, the very man she’d trusted with her heart and her business was tearing everything apart. The love she had once held so fiercely was now twisted, corrupted — and Naomi didn’t know if she could go on pretending everything was fine.The betrayal hit its peak one fateful night. After a heated argument in the company’s penthouse office, Naomi snapped. Her emotions, buried beneath years of sacrifice, exploded in a violent act of retribution. The man she had given everything to, the man who had once made her feel like the most important person in the world, was now an enemy she couldn’t live with.Naomi’s life spiraled into chaos as she killed Ryan in a fit of rage. But the twist of fate came swiftly — he didn’t die. Ryan, though severely injured, survived. Naomi was arrested, her world shattered. The press was relentless. The trial was a spectacle, the world watching as she was paraded through the justice system, a woman scorned who finally snapped.But in the silence of her jail cell, Naomi’s heart remained heavy with the weight of one question: Was it worth it?As Ryan recovered, the love she once shared with him was lost forever — but Naomi knew one truth: she would never be the same. And neither would he.