Vengeance || dark romance || hacker x ceo
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"Do you trust me?"
"Give me one reason to."
"There's no other option..."
Avril Martinez, a sharp-minded and fearless 23-year-old hacker, steps into the shadowy world of high-stakes business when she's hired as the personal hacker for the infamous Italian tycoon, Matteo Conti. Bold, rebellious, and brilliant behind a keyboard, Avril quickly proves her worth in a company ruled by fear and silence.
But behind her decision to work for Conti lies a secret buried deep in her past. Two years ago, her best friend died under mysterious circumstances, and every trail seems to lead back to Matteo's empire. Determined to uncover the truth, Avril begins to dig into the dark network of lies and power surrounding him.
As she ventures deeper, danger becomes inevitable. Matteo is cold, calculating, and violently unpredictable, and yet, the closer Avril gets to the truth, the more entangled she becomes in his world.
In a digital battlefield where every line of code could save or destroy, Avril must decide how far she's willing to go for the truth, and who she's ready to lose again.
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