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Stacy Smith has one mission: expose the Drake Holdings.
Nine years ago, corporate giant Topshark Corporation destroyed her father, a journalist who dared to ask difficult questions. They buried him in lawsuits, ruined his reputation, and broke him until there was nothing left but grief and a funeral.
Now, Topshark has been rebranded as Drake Holdings, with golden boy Maxwell Drake at the helm, promising reform and transparency. But Stacy knows the truth: new name, same corruption. And she's going to prove it.
Her way in? Jason Drake-Maxwell's younger brother, notorious footballer, playboy, and the family's greatest liability. One interview. Get close. Gain access. Expose them all.
Simple.
Until Jason looks at her like she's more than a story. Until his charm cracks open and she sees the man beneath the headlines. Until a professional agenda becomes something dangerously personal.
Because Stacy didn't plan to fall for him.
And Jason-reckless, honest, all-consuming Jason-is falling just as hard. But loving a man while trying to destroy his family is a line even the best journalists can't walk.
When the leaked interview exposes Stacy's true motives, everything shatters. Jason's career implodes. Stacy's reputation is destroyed. And standing in the wreckage is Maxwell Drake-cold, controlled, and far more complicated than the villain Stacy built him up to be.
What starts as revenge becomes something else entirely.
A slow-burn collision between a woman who's spent years running from vulnerability and a man who's spent his life performing control. Between truth and perception. Between the wrong love at the wrong time and the right one when you're finally ready.
In a world of power, privilege, and buried secrets, Stacy Smith is about to learn that some stories cost more than your career.
They cost your heart.