Forbidden Desires in the Office

Isla Hayes has always lived in the quiet shadow of her father's best friend, Julian Thorne. The 32-year-old billionaire is a ghost in her world-a whisper of expensive cologne and a glimpse of a sharp smile. He's the man she compared every boy to, and they all fell short. Now, at 18, she's landed a coveted part-time internship at his empire, Thorne Industries. Juggling senior year, a boyfriend who feels like a placeholder, and the exhausting pretense of being a normal teenager is hard enough. But working in Julian's orbit, where every glance feels like a touch and every word is a dangerous game, is going to make it impossible. He's old enough to know better. She's young enough not to care. This is a story of forbidden desire, messy choices, and the line between a crush and an obsession.