AIDEN

# PROLOGUE

Some doors don't just lead to offices.

Sometimes, they lead to an entirely new chapter.

My name is **Cora Oluwadoyinsola Jordan**.

I am a mother, a daughter, a provider-and a woman who has learned the hard way not to expect too much from people.

My life was simple.

Work.
My daughter, Adara.
My mother.
Repeat.

Then there was **Aiden George**.

My boss.

Twenty-nine. Wealthy. Brilliant. Handsome enough to be distracting and private enough to make you wonder what he was hiding.

I had worked for him for three years, so I knew better than to confuse a harmless crush with something more.

Or at least, I thought I did.

Aiden had his own demons-ones I knew nothing about when I first walked into his office that Monday morning with two cups of coffee in my hands.

I was simply his secretary.

He was simply my boss.

That was how it was supposed to remain.

But sometimes, life has other plans.

And sometimes, the person you least expect becomes the person who changes everything.

This is the story of **Aiden George**.

And this is how we began.