Desire - NEW VERSION
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Upon finishing her masters in Journalism Lydia Cruz moves to Manhattan to start a new life and begin her new job at Manhattan OnDemand working as a journalist.
Lydia is then offered a position that she cannot deny. Her boss asks her to get close with Seth Madden the most well known millionaire across the nation. She has to get close to him and get all the juicy intel and report back to her boss and with that she'll get the raise that she's yearning for.
But what Lydia didn't expect was that getting too close to someone as notorious as Seth was leading her towards an inevitable doom. Lydia's sudden dark turn of events has left her conflicted towards her feelings for Seth- a cold hearted man with so much ice to break through.
If only Lydia knew that getting close to him was the best and worst thing that has happened to her.
A/n: This book is based off the first version you may read this before the first book if you'd like, this version is modified to a version that I am completely satisfied with.
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