Doormat To Devotion
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Elisa Ashford doesn't tolerate mistakes.
She doesn't tolerate feelings either.
She's the icy CEO of Ashford Innovations - a woman feared for her silence, revered for her brilliance, and completely unbothered by the chaos of emotion.
Until Damien Reignhart walks in.
Clumsy. Nervous.
Dressed like he borrowed his suit from a rejected rom-com audition.
She hired him by accident. Kept him by force.
But the one thing she never planned for?
Damien is messy, soft-hearted, and wildly unqualified.
He spills coffee. Breaks printers. Talks to cats.
But he sees something in her no one else dares to look for -
and the longer he stays, the more dangerous he becomes.
Because under all that awkwardness is something darker.
Something obsessive.
A romance with sharp heels, soft chaos, and a dangerously devoted heart.
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