In his world, "No" isn't an answer. It's a challenge.
Elara Vance thought she was just designing a skyscraper. She didn't realize she was walking into a gilded cage. From the moment she stepped into Julian Thorne's office, she felt the shift in the air-the heavy, suffocating heat of a man who doesn't just hire talent; he claims it.
Julian Thorne is a king among men, and he has found his new queen. He doesn't want her blueprints. He doesn't want her expertise. He wants the way her breath hitches when he walks into a room. He wants the fire in her eyes when she tries to defy him.
He has tracked her every move. He has cleared her schedule. He has made himself the only person she can turn to.
Julian doesn't do "romance." He does ownership. And he has decided that Elara belongs to him-body, soul, and every heartbeat in between. She can try to run, but in a city he built, there is nowhere his shadow doesn't reach.
He's not just her boss. He's her obsession. And she's his prisoner.