Falling For The C.E.O (Book One)

*PLEASE READ* This is an updated version of the original story, so please bear with me as it has had a total re-write, including new Character Names, and a whole new plot.
He rules with iron will... but she's the only weakness he'll burn the world to keep.
Elara Clarke took the job as Kade Marshall's personal assistant to disappear-to put miles between herself, her mistakes, and the man who swore he'd never let her go. For months, she's perfected the mask: efficient, unflappable, strictly professional. She knows his schedule before he asks, smooths over his storms, and never lets anyone see how much her heart races every time he looks at her like she's more than just his employee. But Kade doesn't do rules when it comes to what he wants-and he wants her.

Kade built Marshall Industries on cold ruthlessness and total control, guarding his own scars so deeply no one has dared to look past them. Until Elara. Her quiet strength, the warmth she tries to hide, the flinch she can't quite suppress when certain names are mentioned-they unravel every defence he's ever had. What starts as forbidden longing ignites into something fierce, all-consuming, impossible to deny. One stolen touch rewrites everything: he is no longer just her boss. He is the only place she feels safe.

But safety is an illusion. The past Elara ran from has tracked her down: her violent, possessive ex knows exactly where she is-and exactly how much leverage hurting her would give him over the most powerful man in the city. He's watching. Waiting to tear apart the one good thing Elara has ever found.

Kade will move heaven and earth to protect her, but his protection comes with a dark promise: to keep her, he'll have to wage a war that could destroy them both. Now Elara must choose: run again before her ex destroys everything... or stay, and surrender completely to the dangerous, devastating man who has already claimed her heart.

Love shouldn't feel this much like danger. Or this much like home.