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For three long years, Theodore Whitmore and Nathaniel Langford hated each other.
As rival CEOs, they did everything they could to ruin each other-stealing major clients, leaking private contracts, and fighting over every single deal.
Theodore was loud, arrogant, and sharp. He wore his cocky attitude like armor, making sure everyone thought he was completely untouchable. Nathaniel was cold, calculated, and distant.
Then came one high-society gala. After spending the evening exchanging sharp insults and downing far too many drinks, their fierce hatred boiled over. They ended up leaving together and sleeping together in a chaotic, drunken mistake-a wild night they both swore to forget forever.
The problem? They couldn't. No matter how hard they tried to push it down, every touch, every gasp, and every bruised whisper from that night burned in their minds, making it impossible to go back to the way things were.
Instead, it changed everything.
Behind Theodore's arrogant surface, Nathaniel slowly discovered a person who was deeply hurting, carrying ten years of buried grief and unbearable isolation. And as Theodore let his guard down, he realized Nathaniel wasn't the cold-hearted monster he had always assumed he was.
Slowly, as the corporate war fades into the background, two bitter enemies begin to realize that the person they tried so hard to destroy might be the only one who truly understands them.
"Stop looking at me like that, Langford," I muttered, my breath coming out uneven as I tried to hold his gaze.
"Like what, Theodore?" he asked, his baritone dropping dangerously low.
"Like you want to claim me right here, right now."
Nathaniel leaned in closer, his dark eyes locking onto mine, his lips practically grazing my ear as he whispered, "And what if I do?"