UNTIL HE NOTICED ME

PROLOGUE

They call him the beast.

Sebastian Cruz Valverde - a multimillionaire, CEO of the three giant companies, the man whose mere name makes investors tremble... and some line up justbto get a smile. He's rich, ridiculously good-looking, and probably allergic to the word love.

And me?

I'm Cassandra Noelle Fontaine. His secretary for five long, torturous , heart-thumping years. The girl who knows exactly how heblikes his coffee, what time his meetings should be scheduled, the perfect tone of voice tonuse when he's ready to bite someone's head off.

I'm also the i***t who fell in love with him somewhere between typing his business reports and watching him ruin yet another woman's expectations withbhisninfamous charm.

Because Sebastian Cruz Valverde doesn't date. He devours.

Women come and go like seasons in his life, none lasting long enough to see the real man behind three-piece suits and arrogance thatbfills the room likenexpensive cologne. And me? I'm invisible. A shadow. A part of thr background. The woman he never looks atvtwice because I'm just his secretary.

Or so I thought.

Because one day, something shifted. One day, his gaze lingered a little too long. One day, his voice softened when he said my name. One day, Sebastian Cruz Valverde finally noticed me.

And that's when everything got complicated.

Because when the beast falls in love... he doesn't fall quietly.