I was a simple cleaner in a grey uniform, scrubbing the floors of the elite to pay for the oxygen keeping my dying father alive. I was supposed to be a nobody. Until I witnessed a murder in a rain-slicked alley—and the killer didn't just catch me. He indexed me. Kenji Tanaka isn’t just a CEO. He is the "Machine" that owns the city. He doesn't see people; he sees data. And the moment he read my name tag, his clinical world shattered. Now, I’m not a witness. I’m a Linked Asset. He’s trapped me in a glass cage eighty floors above the world, monitoring my every move. He knows when I’m scared. He knows when I’m lying. And with the biometric watch locked to my wrist, he knows exactly when my heart starts racing for him. "Your pulse is at 155, Anya," he whispers against my skin, his eyes tracking the thermal heat bloom across my chest. "Tell me... is it fear making you this hot? Or are you finally realizing you belong to me?" I thought I was cleaning his mess. I didn't realize... I’ve become his latest obsession. My father’s life is the debt. My heartbeat is the currency. And Kenji Tanaka is here to collect.