Best Served Cold By Maya Alden

He’s after revenge. She’s collateral damage.

I’m Noah Carter, and this is my confession.

My story is one of vengeance that twisted into a love I never saw coming. My target? Baron Hunt, the man whose ruthlessness shattered my family.

The plan was seduce his daughter Stella to force her father’s hand, making him pay for his past transgressions. She became an unwitting pawn in a game of retribution that was supposed to end with my victory.

Instead, I realized that the heart doesn’t follow the rules of revenge.

A plan to topple an enemy transformed into a fight for my own survival.

Stella, betrayed and heartbroken by my deception, became the mirror reflecting the cost of my vendetta—reminding me that in the quest for justice, I had lost sight of who I was.