Beneath the Billion

He doesn't smile. He doesn't flirt. He barely speaks.
Damien Blackwell isn't just New York's most powerful billionaire-he's also the coldest. Ruthless in meetings. Detached in interviews. And allergic to emotions.

So when I-Talia Saito, accidental chaos magnet and certified smart-mouth-end up working directly under him, I'm ready to be ignored or fired.
Instead, he looks at me like I'm the only glitch in his perfect, controlled world.

I make him blink. I make him pause.
And somehow... I make him feel.

Now he watches me too closely. Gets too possessive. He says it's business.
But his hands say something else. His silence screams things I'm not ready to hear.

Because Damien Blackwell doesn't love. He owns.
And the deeper I fall, the more I realize-

I might've walked into the lion's den. But the lion doesn't want to eat me. He wants to keep me.
Even if it breaks us both.

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It's a bit of a slow burn, starts off with casual touches and will soon move on to more

Smut in the future