The Weight of Wanting

Elia Henley has spent the last year keeping her heart carefully out of sight-especially from the one person it beats for most-her boss. As the quietly brilliant Administrative Secretary for Kaison Vaughn at a fast-paced firm, she's built her career on precision, logic, and long hours in the background. But when a promotion opportunity arises, Elia is thrust into the spotlight-and into closer orbit with her brooding, emotionally unreachable boss.

Kai is disciplined, unreadable, and impossible to shake. He never lets anyone in, least of all Elia. But she sees more than he realizes-especially the cracks he tries to hide. When she finally begins to unravel the strain of Kai's family legacy and the vulnerability beneath his silence, Elia is left reeling from a quiet intimacy she never expected.

Now, with rising pressure, office politics, and her own heart on the line, Elia must decide how much of herself she's willing to risk-for the job, for her independence, and for the man who may never be able to want her back in the way she needs.

And even the most hopeful hearts have a breaking point.

Poignant, slow-burning, and deeply human, The Weight of Wanting is a story about unspoken love, quiet strength, and the ache of holding hope in the silence.

TW: There are mentions of depression in this book.