samia_everhart
Ava Lane has never had it easy. Her mother is sick, the bills never stop coming, and every day feels like a fight just to stay afloat. When she applies for a secretary position at one of the world's wealthiest companies, she sees it as a lifeline-a chance to save her mother and change their future.
Lucien Drake, the CEO of Drake International, is everything she isn't. Cold. Untouchable. Dangerous. His reputation for ruthlessness is as legendary as his power. Yet the instant he lays eyes on Ava, something shifts. His obsession takes root.
He hires her immediately, but not for the job she expected. Ava finds herself bound by a contract with rules she doesn't fully understand, tethered to him twenty-four hours a day. He dictates her time, her choices, her very freedom.
But while Lucien controls everything around him, there is one thing slipping beyond his grasp-his own heart.
Ava tries to push back against his possessiveness, desperate to hold on to her independence. The more she resists, the tighter his grip becomes. And as she's drawn deeper into his world, his shadows begin to surface. His past is darker than she could have imagined, and the closer she gets, the more dangerous the truth becomes.
Because some secrets don't just ruin lives. They destroy them.