Gabriella
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Gabriella white built her life like the spaces she designs - bold, brilliant, untouchable.
A self-made architectural icon with her own luxury estate, she doesn't have time for distractions. Especially not smooth-talking strangers who flirt while she's working late in a bar.
But when that stranger turns out to be Timothy Greystone - the CEO of the billion-dollar construction firm tied to her most important project - everything changes.
Their worlds were bound to collide. She just didn't expect sparks.
Now, in a high-stakes world of luxury contracts, power plays, and guarded hearts, Gabriella must decide whether letting someone in is worth the risk... or the fall.
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