Measurements of Malice

For five years, Cynara Gault played the role of the dowdy, unpaid servant-wife to the arrogant Rhoden Brelis. But at his esteemed uncle's funeral, Cynara casually drops signed divorce papers onto the mahogany casket and struts away to reclaim her true identity: the anonymous, world-renowned visionary behind the Maison Gault fashion empire. While Rhoden is busy discovering her old 'diaries of silent suffering' - which are actually just her highly melodramatic brainstorming notes for a Gothic winter collection - and sobbing over the delicate flower he ruined, Cynara is coldly executing his destruction. Aided by Kaspar Vant, a ruthless litigation attorney who fills the 'new love interest' quota despite their relationship consisting entirely of platonic, sociopathic high-fives over court rulings, Cynara methodically dismantles Rhoden's life. But there is a catch she hasn't mentioned: her family's inheritance trust mandates she must completely liquidate Rhoden's textile empire within exactly twenty-eight days, or lose her billions to a tropical parrot sanctuary. With the clock ticking and a flamboyant former rival now eager to help her stir the pot, can Cynara bankrupt her aggressively groveling ex before he finishes reading chapter four of her fake diary?