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Beneath His Shadow

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Elena Carter is no stranger to ambition. As the sharp-witted, no-nonsense secretary to the enigmatic billionaire Alexander Steele, she's spent three years balancing his impossible demands while keeping her own emotions locked tight. But when a single impulsive moment shatters their professional boundaries, their carefully constructed world spirals into an intoxicating web of power, lust, and undeniable attraction.

Alexander Steele didn't build his empire by playing it safe. Cold, calculating, and commanding, he's always kept people at arm's length-until her. Elena is his perfect match in every way: brilliant, beautiful, and maddeningly off-limits. But when one night reveals the depth of his obsession, there's no turning back.

Now, with his empire hanging by a thread and secrets from his past threatening to surface, Alexander is faced with a choice: risk everything to keep her, or let her go to save her from the chaos of his life.

In a world where power is currency and love is dangerous, they'll fight to rewrite the rules-even if it means breaking them all.All Rights Reserved

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Marrying the professor

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