Serena Vale doesn’t need a billionaire. She needs a job. With bills piling up and no one willing to save her, Serena is grateful when she gets an opportunity at Whitmore Enterprises, one of the most powerful companies in the city. She knows the company is huge, prestigious, and nearly impossible to get into. What she doesn’t know is the identity of the man she’s about to meet. Adrian Whitmore is the billionaire behind the empire. Cold, private, and dangerously controlled, Adrian has spent years keeping people at a distance. He has never been in love, never trusted anyone enough to let them stay, and never wanted anything more than temporary pleasure. Until Serena. She doesn’t know his name carries power. She doesn’t know the man she occasionally argues with at work owns the entire company. And she certainly doesn’t know that the closer he gets to her, the harder it becomes for him to walk away. But their attraction comes with a price. Adrian’s mother doesn’t approve of Serena. And the woman she trusts most—her lifelong best friend—is determined to tear them apart. What Serena doesn’t know is that this woman is hiding a dark secret from Adrian’s childhood. A secret that could destroy a family. A secret that explains why Adrian has never allowed himself to truly love. And when the truth finally comes to light, Serena and Adrian will have to decide whether their love is strong enough to survive everything that has been kept between them. Because sometimes the most dangerous secret isn’t the one you keep from the world. It’s the one you keep between two people who were never supposed to fall in love.