Hard coded

The world sees a genius. She sees a man who has lost his mind.

Julian Vance is the most powerful man on the planet, an architect of digital empires who believes everything-and everyone-can be controlled. His life is a closed system: silent, sterile, and perfectly ordered.

Until her.

Clara was never meant to be a variable. She was just an ordinary woman, invisible to the high-stakes world Julian occupies. Now, she is the center of a silent, suffocating siege. The man who dictates the future of global technology is no longer interested in the markets.

He is interested in her.

In the height of the city, shielded from the world below, a dangerous game is being played. There are no secrets, no exits, and no mercy. Because when a man like Julian Vance decides he owns you, he doesn't just keep you-he reconstructs your entire world until you have nowhere left to go but into his arms.

The system is locked. The connection is permanent. And there is no way out.