Maya Reed only wanted a job.She never expected to be owned by a man like Adrian Kane—the cold, untouchable CEO known for destroying anyone who crosses him.From the moment she enters his office, his voice is ice.“You work for me now. Follow my rules, or walk out.”But Adrian doesn’t hire her for her skills.He hires her because she’s a ghost—unknown, unnoticed, unconnected.Exactly what he needs for the dangerous investigation he’s conducting behind the walls of Kane Industries.Every day with him is a test.Every order is a trap.Every look is a warning.“Stay close,” he tells her.“Why?”“Because I said so.”Late-night meetings.Forced proximity.A fake relationship he uses as a shield.And a tension neither of them can fight.Maya becomes the only person Adrian allows near him… and the only one who threatens the walls he’s spent fifteen years building.Then she finds it.A hidden letter.An encrypted USB.A single name that shatters everything—Reed.“My family… they’re part of this?”“Stop asking questions.”“Tell me the truth.”“You won’t survive it.”What Maya uncovers ties her bloodline to the tragedy that destroyed Adrian’s world. And the deeper she falls into his secrets, the more she realizes the real enemy isn’t outside his company—it’s inside his family.The betrayal Adrian has been hunting for years leads back to someone he trusted.Someone watching them.Someone who wants Maya gone.Now, Adrian faces the one fear he can’t control:“To protect you, I might have to become the man you should run from.”In a world built on lies, desire becomes their only truth.And when the final secret explodes, Maya learns the most dangerous part of Adrian Kane isn’t his power…It’s his touch.