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When twenty two year old Autumn Dalton is handpicked for a job at her university, she expected it to be an easy addition to her resume. Excited for a rewarding assignment that can launch her career, she is given the job of helping her peers land the internships of their dreams. Things take a turn when she is unconventionally called to work closely with Adam Estrin, the CEO of Bolded Black Design Company, and given the daunting task of handpicking students to fulfill his company's internship needs. This job seems easy enough until she comes face to face with the hauntingly beautiful, incredibly demanding, and chaotically hard to figure out self-made-billionaire. She must look within to not only figure out her unconventional colleague, but what is it that draws them together?
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