Before the Ink Could Dry

I wanted to expose a scandal, not land myself in the middle of a billionaire’s PR nightmare.
He’s a fortress in a custom suit.
I’m the journalist (turned under-cover PR Consultant) with a smile and a secret agenda.

We’re oil and water—forced to mix in public, boiling over in private.
The headlines say enemies; the chemistry rages off the charts.

I’m trapped at DartTech and paired with Marcus Dart, tech king and king of emotional lockdowns.

Every day starts with a battle of sharp tongues and fake smiles.
Every night, I uncover pieces of his haunted past—layer by layer, secret by secret.

He thinks I’m the threat to his kingdom. I see the cracks in his armor.

My under-cover job is to fix his mess, but the mess is starting to look a lot like my heart, tangled up with his guarded soul.
His redemption is my obsession; my truth is his undoing. Our alliance is a headline waiting to explode—and the fallout could torch everything.

Both of us are running out of secrets.
Either the truth tears us apart, or we finally break every rule and each other's walls.

Sometimes, the real happy ending is the story you're never meant to write.
And this one?
Just getting started.