CON OF THE HEART
Rita Amadi has built her life on power, precision, and self-preservation. As the formidable CEO of a multimillion-dollar logistics empire, she’s known across Nigeria’s corporate circles as the Ice Queen brilliant, untouchable, and absolutely uninterested in love. But beneath the polished surface lies a woman tired of winning alone.
Enter Deyemi Adebanjo: soft-spoken, respectful, and disarmingly attentive. A driver with no ambition but the kind of emotional intelligence that slices through Rita’s defenses. Their connection is slow, cautious, and entirely unexpected. Against every instinct, Rita lets him in. And when she proposes a secret wedding, it feels like a bold act of trust something she’s never given anyone. But just when she begins to taste happiness, her world starts to unravel.
Bank accounts vanish overnight. Loyal staff disappear. Her company, once unshakable, begins to crack. Then comes the ultimate betrayal: Deyemi is not who he claimed to be. He’s a professional con artist and his entire relationship with Rita was a calculated scheme. Worse still, his ex-wife, the fiery and intelligent Nse, steps out of the shadows to reveal the cruel twist: she and Deyemi orchestrated it all as revenge. Years ago, Rita had fired Nse without warning, destroying her career and reputation. Now, the Ice Queen’s empire lies in ruins and the final twist is yet to come.
Rita is pregnant. Broke, disgraced, and alone, she faces the most personal decision of her life. Will she raise a child conceived in deceit? Or will she reclaim her narrative and rebuild herself, piece by burning piece?
