With You.
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50 chapters. One game. Two players who refuse to lose.
Nina Ivanova has spent years building her empire from scratch, fighting tooth and nail for every client, every deal, every scrap of respect in an industry ruled by men like Damian Wolfe-cold, brilliant, untouchable. They've been rivals from day one, circling each other like predators, each trying to outmaneuver the other.
So when Damian summons her to the glass fortress of Wolfe Enterprises, Nina walks in ready for war. She's not ready for his offer.
A partnership. Equal power. Equal stake. Equal risk.
Damian swears he wants her beside him. Truth? He's been watching her for years-studying, calculating, waiting for the perfect moment to pull her into his world and keep her exactly where he wants her. But Nina is no one's pawn, and the moment she signs that contract, she makes a silent promise: if he's playing her, she'll set his empire on fire.
From heated boardroom battles to stolen moments that burn hotter than either of them will admit, their partnership becomes a dangerous dance-half business, half something neither of them can control. They push. They pull. They blur every line they swore they'd hold.
Fifty chapters of sharp banter, high-stakes deals, jealous glances, and the kind of chemistry that makes enemies dangerous and lovers impossible to forget.
In the end, it's not just about who wins. It's about who's still standing with you.
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