Lies Out

He is brilliance honed into steel.
She is warmth buried beneath doubt.

Celina Le has never believed she's enough. Not smart enough. Not gifted enough. Everywhere she turns, others seem to shine with an effortless brilliance she can't touch. Her life is already unraveling: a career on the brink of collapse, a book that refuses to become something worth loving.
She doesn't belong in a world of billionaires and power. Her only connection is Gigi O'Hara, her best friend and for Gigi, Celina would do anything.
Including facing her brother.

Connor O'Hara. Thirty-two. Billionaire venture capitalist. Cold, controlled, untouchable. A man who protects his name and his sister with ruthless precision.
And he despises Celina.
He never lies. He never forgives. And he is certain she lied.

Yet when they're forced into proximity, something dangerous begins to stir. Every glance lingers. Every silence hums with tension. Resentment turns to hunger. Hatred sharpens into desire.

When secrets tangles and old wounds bleed back into the present, will they risk trust-or retreat before love ever has a chance to survive?