Eva officially joined Cook Group. Her title: personal assistant. From the moment she arrived, everyone in the office could see the unusual dynamic between her and the CEO. Those intimate, lingering gazes he gave her made every unmarried female employee burn with jealousy. Eva wasn't conventionally stunning—she didn't have the kind of looks that turned heads. Instead, she carried herself with cool, detached elegance, neither submissive nor obsequious. Yet this very woman, in an office full of ambitious beauties, became the object of everyone's envy. Corporate offices were war zones, especially ones packed with single female employees. The secretaries noticed immediately—after Eva's arrival, they'd lost their opportunity to prepare Mr. Cook's coffee. Their polished smiles barely conce

