He wanted to break the company. He never expected to want her instead. Maya Chen doesn't flinch. As the analyst tasked with saving Hale Dynamics, she's spent months outmaneuvering Damien Hale in boardrooms, not bedrooms. Damien doesn't lose. Cold, controlling, and used to taking what he wants, he plans to dismantle her company piece by piece. But Maya fights back with a fire he can't ignore. One stormy night. One locked office. Too much champagne. Too little space. Too many rules about to shatter. Arguments turn into charged silences. Silences turn into hands on glass desks, ties coming loose, and the kind of tension that begs to be broken. Damien thinks he can own her. Maya's learning how good it feels to make him beg.