Nina Vale was fired for stealing money she didn’t take.By nightfall, she’s told she owns one of the largest conglomerates in the country.There’s only one problem.She doesn’t get to inherit it unless he approves.Ezra Galen built his empire on precision, loyalty, and control. He doesn’t believe in coincidences. He doesn’t believe in redemption. And he definitely doesn’t believe the daughter of the woman who nearly destroyed his company deserves power.So he offers her a choice that isn’t a choice at all.One year under his supervision. One year of humiliation, scrutiny, and survival. Fail, and she walks away with nothing. Succeed, and she inherits a throne built on secrets.But the deeper Nina digs, the more she realizes her mother didn’t fail.She was erased.And Ezra might have known.Now the board wants her gone. His family wants her silenced. The man she’s starting to want might have profited from her mother’s downfall.This was never an inheritance.It was a trap.And this time, Nina refuses to be collateral damage.