Vivienne Laurent has spent years building a career on her own merits. As a talented senior brand strategist at Vantage Creative Group, she is determined to earn her promotion to creative director and prove that her success has nothing to do with her family name.But everything changes when Dominic Sinclair, the company’s ruthless billionaire CEO, accuses her of stealing a campaign concept connected to her late father’s business.Dominic believes Vivienne’s father betrayed his family years ago. Vivienne, however, has spent seven years living with unanswered questions about her father’s business collapse and death.When Dominic introduces her to Project Meridian, an old corporate project linked to both families, Vivienne begins to suspect that the story she has always been told about her father may be a lie.A suspicious settlement agreement, a questionable signature, a photograph containing three powerful men, and a series of unexplained corporate records lead her into a mystery that reaches far beyond the workplace.As Vivienne and Dominic are forced to work together, their hostility begins to give way to an attraction neither is prepared to acknowledge. But trust is difficult when Dominic still suspects her family, Vivienne questions his motives, and the people around them appear to know more than they are willing to reveal.Then an anonymous threat makes it clear that someone is watching their investigation.Sebastian Cross, a powerful businessman with an unexplained connection to Project Meridian, offers Vivienne an opportunity that could change her career. Meanwhile, Maya, the friend she has always trusted, begins behaving strangely whenever the past comes up.Every answer raises new questions. Every discovery threatens someone’s reputation. And every step closer to the truth brings Vivienne closer to a man she has every reason to hate.Dominic Sinclair is accustomed to controlling everything around him. But Vivienne is the one woman who refuses to submit to his authority.As the secrets surrounding their families unravel, Dominic must decide whether protecting his family’s legacy is worth preserving a lie. Vivienne must decide whether she can trust the man who once accused her of betraying him before he ever gave her a chance.Because the truth about Project Meridian could destroy everything they know.And the most dangerous obsession may not be Dominic’s desire for Vivienne, but his desperate need to control the truth that could set them both free.