When Ava Morgan accepts a job at one of the city’s most powerful companies, she expects nothing more than a fresh start. But on her first week, she discovers a secret file connected to the company’s mysterious owner, Ethan Black.Ethan is cold, private, and determined to keep his past hidden. Ava soon realizes that someone inside the company is watching her—and the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her position becomes.When an old family secret connects Ava’s past to Ethan’s, neither of them can ignore the truth anymore. Trust becomes difficult, enemies appear from unexpected places, and every answer seems to reveal another secret.Ava must decide whether to walk away or uncover the truth before it destroys both of their families.

She came to his company seeking answers. He became the one person she could never escape.After her father's business suddenly collapses, twenty-two-year-old Mia Bennett discovers that the man responsible may be the powerful CEO Ethan Carter.Determined to uncover the truth, Mia takes a job at Carter Corporation under a false reason. She expects Ethan to be cold, arrogant, and impossible to approach.She is right about all three.What she doesn't expect is the strange attraction between them.Ethan quickly realizes Mia is hiding something. Instead of exposing her, he gives her a dangerous choice: work directly under him and prove her loyalty, or leave the company forever.Forced to work together, their constant arguments slowly turn into stolen glances, unexpected kindness, and feelings neither of them wants to admit.But when Mia discovers evidence connecting Ethan's family to her father's downfall, everything changes.Is Ethan really her enemy?Or has the man she was supposed to hate become the only person she can trust?Sometimes the person you hate most is the person who knows how to make your heart beat the fastest.