I’ve spent years studying the architecture of desire—how fear sculpts us, how ambition seduces us, how power becomes an exquisite addiction that only the strongest can control. As a psychiatrist, I know the mind’s deepest, most forbidden corridors. As a billionaire, I command every room I enter with nothing more than a look.
Control has always been my most lethal currency. My edge. Until Mia Lauren walked into my world and shattered the equilibrium I’d perfected.
She didn’t just see the polished dominance. She saw through it. Through the precision, the iron will, the empire built on discipline. She looked directly at the man beneath the myth… and she didn’t flinch. Mia is exceptional in ways that make desire feel dangerously close to destiny.
And what does she get in return?
Everything I’ve never allowed another soul to touch. My protection. My unshakeable devotion. A love that pushes her, challenges her, and remakes me in ways I never thought possible.
I demand absolute trust. A surrender born not of fear, but of craving—deep, undeniable, intoxicating. And I give her everything in return. My mind, my body, and the heart I once guarded like a locked vault.
But one truth remains, power and love do not coexist without a cost. So when the final choice looms, I face the decision that could tear everything apart.
Do I guard the empire? Or the woman whose presence has become the most potent force I’ve ever known. Powerful enough to alter the course of my life forever?
