One winter night, Nayeli, a stripper, becomes an unwitting witness to what seems like an inconsequential death. However, this event sets off a chain reaction of intricate and perilous events beyond her control, plunging her into a world where nothing is as it seems. Identified as a key witness, she is quickly swept into the machinery of an investigation led by Daniel, a cold and powerful man who appears willing to stop at nothing to achieve his ambitions.
Initially, Daniel sees Nayeli as nothing more than a pawn in his intricate game of power. But what he hadn't foreseen was the magnetic attraction she begins to exert over him. This unsettling force starts to chip away at his icy demeanor, derailing his plans and forcing him to confront dilemmas he never imagined. At the same time, Nayeli begins to uncover layers of complexity in the man she believes she understands. Yet it's already too late, she finds herself entangled in a dangerous web of manipulation, where every move could be her last.
Locked in a perilous dance of seduction, deception, and betrayal, Nayeli and Daniel are on a collision course, each grappling with their own inner demons. In this ruthless power struggle, where love and mistrust intertwine, the truth is a luxury neither can afford.
When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith starts working for the handsome Lucas Hendrix, she quickly discovers there's something hot and untamed behind his cold exterior...
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When bubbly Emerson Kachi Smith is offered a job as the personal assistant to the cold and handsome Lucas Hendrix, she's left wondering why. After all, she has no credentials to speak of, and working for a paranoid billionaire CEO who's impossible to please is far from easy. But a few weeks into her job, she begins to realize that she can't judge a book by its cover. Left alone to discover the mystery behind Lucas's cold exterior and to tame her uncontrollable desire to comfort him, she learns they have a lot more in common than she ever thought possible. Could their two lonely hearts share the same dream for happiness?
[[word count: 150,000-200,000 words]]
Cover designed by April Alforque
Former title 'Coffee And Papers'