Lily Hart came to the Kessler Foundation gala to forget. To forget her boyfriend of two years and her best friend - who she caught together in her own bed three days ago. Julian Vane came because he had to. CEO of Vane Industries, heir to a name on the lobby wall, he's spent his life being wanted for his balance sheet, not himself. She sat next to him at the bar because he looked like the only person not performing. He let her, even though her resume was already on his desk. One whiskey. One conversation about fire exits and how to say thank you. One night that was supposed to mean nothing. Now Lily is his new executive assistant. And Julian is about to close the biggest deal of his career. But someone is leaking photos. And a name keeps coming up - Sophia Reyes, the assistant before her, who was suddenly his fiancee, then suddenly disappeared with a six-figure NDA and her name scrubbed from the company. Was Lily hired because she was good? Or because she fits a pattern?