I run this city from the top.
But the woman who keeps my world spinning? She's the blade at my throat.
Every morning, she strides in with files clutched like armor, her silk blouse whispering against skin I ache to mark. I tell myself it's power. Control. The thrill of watching her defiance flicker under my gaze. But those stolen seconds-her body inches from mine over scattered reports, heat bleeding through fabric-unravel me. She's no subordinate. She's the equal I've starved for, the one who sees the man behind the throne.
Boardrooms bow to me.
Her? She makes me beg without a word.
In the dim lounge after hours, shadows swallow us as I pull her close, tasting the tremble in her surrender. Sweat-slicked skin against tailored wool, limbs tangling in the emergency glow of my locked suite. Each touch defies every oath I've sworn-to the empire, to restraint. Her need mirrors mine, raw and unadmitted, turning hierarchy into hunger. Equals pretending at imbalance, until dominance cracks into devotion.
One wrong whisper, and it all burns.
Her career. My legacy. The fragile thing we're forging in secret.
She's fought too hard for her control, haunted by what broke her before. I won't let her shatter again-not for me, not for this. But the skyline watches through those endless windows, glittering like a jury waiting to convict. Every breath we share risks it all.
What if the fortress I am can't hold without her breaking through?
A full-length forbidden boss/employee erotic romance featuring a ruthless CEO and his defiant executive assistant. Includes themes of power imbalance and office surrender.
