His fingers grazed her bare wrist, slow, deliberate, like he was memorizing her pulse. “You don’t get it, do you?” he rasped, voice low enough to tremble in her chest. “I’ve been trying to stay away from you.” She shivered as he leaned in, lips brushing the shell of her ear. “But if you look at me like that again, I’ll ruin you, and not just tonight.” Lila Carter just wanted a job, after University, but what she got was a one-way ticket into the most powerful company in the country, and under the control of the coldest, most impossible boss alive. Damien Blackthorne doesn’t have feelings. Don't make mistakes. And definitely doesn’t do distractions. But then she walked in, clumsy, loud, and everything he shouldn’t want. What starts as a simple assistant job quickly spirals into something neither of them expected. The rules blur. Secrets build. And hearts begin to break in silence. In a world where power means everything and love is a weakness… What happens when the one person you should stay away from is the only one who sees you?