When 19-year-old Aaliyah Brooks gets accepted as an intern at the famous Knight Corporation, she plans to work hard, stay quiet, and avoid trouble. But trouble finds her on her first day — in the form of her boss, Alexander Knight, a man known for being cold, demanding, and impossible to impress.Their first meeting is a disaster.Their second meeting is worse.And yet, for reasons Aaliyah can’t explain, the intimidating CEO keeps assigning her to work directly with him.Alexander has one strict personal rule:No personal relationships with employees.Aaliyah has one personal goal:Survive the internship peacefully.But office politics, jealous coworkers, secrets from Alexander’s past, and a company crisis pull them closer into a connection neither of them planned — or wanted.When Aaliyah is asked to sign a special confidentiality contract after a major scandal hits the company, she finds herself trapped between protecting her future… and protecting the cold boss she never meant to care about.