Damien Cole doesn't need saving.He needs an assistant.At least, that's what he tells himself when Cara Mills walks through his office doors — composed, determined, and completely unfazed by his reputation.Damien is New York's most feared real estate mogul. Brilliant. Ruthless. Untouchable. But when his former assistant quits in the most public way possible, exposing the monster behind the empire, his carefully built world begins to crack.Now the board is watching. Rivals are circling. And the one position he's worked his entire life for — Managing Director — is slipping through his fingers.Cara needs this job. She isn't here to fix him. She isn't here to fall for him.But Damien Cole has a way of pulling people in — even when he's pushing them away.The closer she gets, the more she sees. Beneath the cold commands and iron control is a man carrying wounds he's never let anyone touch.She tells herself it's professionalism.He tells himself it's nothing.They're both lying.