She and who owns It
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Athena Alexandria has made a career out of fixing other people's messes. As the lead Client Image Consultant at Stevens Law & Associates, she specializes in damage control - cleaning up reputations, spinning scandal into strategy, and making the public forget everything they thought they knew. Morally gray? Maybe. Effective? Absolutely.
But when a mysterious package arrives on her doorstep addressed to Mat Stevens - her best friend and the firm's heir - Athena's normal routine cracks open. Inside: a single folded letter, the faint scent of cedarwood and jasmine, and no explanation.
Soon after, the firm is approached by an unusual client - a powerful but covert organization looking to launder not money, but legacy. They want to introduce a new face to the world: Alexander, an enigmatic man with a violent past and a name that turns whispers into silence. They're not looking for a lawyer. They're looking for an image... and they want Athena to build it.
As Athena is pulled into Alexander's world, the lines between work and loyalty, strategy and survival, begin to blur. There's chemistry - undeniable and dangerous - but also something deeper: a shared hunger for control in a world that's taken too much from them.
But the closer she gets to Alexander, the more Athena realizes this isn't just another case. There are secrets buried under decades of silence, and the Stevens family might be more entangled than she thought. With trauma rising to the surface and her heart on the line, Athena must ask herself:
Can you clean up someone else's reputation without dirtying your own?
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