Amara Okafor is one missed paycheck away from losing everything. By day, she cleans the glittering halls of Sterling Towers. By night, she stitches dresses for a future she refuses to surrender, all to keep her brother in school and her family afloat.Then one careless spill drenches Alexander Sterling, the ruthless, untouchable CEO. Amara expects to be fired. Instead, she captures the attention of a man who has never been challenged, and a woman who will not flatter him, fear him, or shrink.Every clash crackles with an attraction neither can afford. He sees the proud, brilliant woman beneath her worn uniform. She resents how easily he makes her want what she cannot have. When a violent storm traps them together, the walls between them fall.But morning restores the class divide. Alexander's family has already chosen his future: a strategic marriage to a woman of their own circle. To them, Amara is beneath notice.Now Alexander must choose between the empire that made him and the woman who refuses to worship it. Amara must decide whether to trust a man whose touch makes her forget where she belongs.Loving her may cost him his fortune.Loving him may cost her the future she has fought so hard to build.