Story By JOY OLUWANIFEMI Adedokun
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JOY OLUWANIFEMI Adedokun

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ICE & EMBER....
Updated at Aug 11, 2026, 01:28
Damian Blackwood — The Male LeadDamian Blackwood was born into the kind of wealth people spent their entire lives dreaming about.His family name opened doors.His money closed mouths.And his presence made even powerful men reconsider the words they were about to say.At thirty-one, Damian was the CEO of Blackwood Holdings, one of the largest companies in the country. He was the only son of his late parents and the sole heir to a generational empire built over decades.He was cold.Arrogant.Overconfident.And dangerously used to getting what he wanted.Damian barely smiled. He barely spoke unless there was something important to say. He hated unnecessary conversations, unnecessary emotions, and, most importantly, unnecessary people.He had an aura that made rooms go silent when he entered.Women wanted him.Business rivals feared him.Employees respected him.And Damian cared about none of it.After losing his parents years earlier, he built walls around himself so high that nobody could climb over them. The only people allowed close enough were his grandparents.To everyone else, Damian Blackwood was a red flag in an expensive suit.He did not believe in love.He believed in ownership.Control.Power.And winning.Then Amara Cole walked into his office.And suddenly, for the first time in his life, Damian Blackwood wanted something he could not simply buy.Amara Cole — The Female LeadAmara Cole came from a completely different world.She was twenty-five, middle class, ambitious, intelligent, and determined to build a life that belonged to her.She was fun.Friendly.Warm.The kind of woman who smiled at strangers and remembered people's birthdays.She had lost both her parents and had spent years doing everything possible to provide for her younger brother, Noah.Amara had dreams.Big ones.She did not want to become rich because she married a rich man.She wanted to work.To build something.To become successful with her own name attached to her achievements.Her dream was simple:She wanted to become a powerful working-class woman.She wanted her brother to have a future.And she wanted to prove that being an orphan did not mean her story had to end in tragedy.Amara was mildly confident, sometimes stubborn, sometimes impulsive, and completely incapable of keeping quiet when she believed something was unfair.Unfortunately for her, she became the personal assistant of the most difficult man in the country.Damian Blackwood.And unfortunately for Damian—Amara Cole was not afraid of him.Elias Hart — The Second Male LeadElias Hart was everything Damian Blackwood was not.Calm.Kind.Patient.Emotionally available.Rich but humble.A hardworking CEO who had built a successful manufacturing company rather than inheriting an empire.His parents were alive, loving, and deeply involved in his life.And most importantly—He had known Amara almost her entire life.Elias was her childhood sweetheart.The boy who had walked her home.The man who still remembered her favorite food.The person who understood the pain she carried without demanding that she explain it.He was the green flag.The safe choice.The easy choice.And he loved Amara.Perhaps he always had.But unfortunately for Elias, Amara's heart had started wandering toward a man who represented everything she should have stayed away from.
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THE CEO SECRETARY
Updated at Jul 20, 2026, 13:26
It has narrative details of the CEO first encounter with a girl who became his secretary.....in the process he had feelings for her but she encountered a lot of misfortunes due to the devious people around him.
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