The entire system failed.

Forbidden BILLIONAIRE A forced proximity, boss romance

He hired her to help him sleep. Her rules said never. Seven months of notes on his pillow say otherwise. If anyone finds out, it is career suicide. She wants him anyway.

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The setup

The billionaire who could not sleep.

Adrian Kessler has not slept through the night in four years. Then one evening, designed down to the angle of the moon, he does. He tells his chief of staff to find whoever is responsible. Her name is Jordan Bennett. Now she runs his Georgetown house. His rooms. His tea. His sleep. Every boundary held. Every boundary showing exactly where to press.

  • Forced proximity
  • Boss and employee
  • He fell first
  • Slow burn
  • High heat
  • Competent heroine
  • Happy ever after
The rules of the house
  • No unnecessary contact.His wrist, ten seconds.
  • No private disclosure.Notes on his pillow.
  • No dependency encouraged.He sleeps now.
  • No physical relationship.Not almost.
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He greets every senior hire himself.

Chapter One Jordan

My new billionaire boss was expecting a man.

I discovered that the way you discover most things in private service: instantly, publicly, and with hot tea involved.

Then he looked at me.

The entire system failed.

His hand jerked, tea spilled over his wrist, and his mouth parted on a breath so sharp it almost counted as a sound. The tea hit the rug, the cup rattled against the saucer, and Adrian Kessler stared at me as if I had walked into his library carrying a firearm instead of a leather folio.

“Mr. Kessler,” Graham said, with the grim dignity of a man choosing professionalism over panic, “Jordan Bennett.”

Adrian’s eyes did not leave my face.

“Welcome to my,” he said.

Nothing followed.

“You don’t love me, Adrian. You love how I serve you.”

Jordan Bennett, Chapter Four
A note from Romy

Welcome to the Inner Circle.

I write about powerful women, dangerous men, and beautiful rooms.

This one is Jordan and Adrian, start to finish, with the happy ending they earn.

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Forbidden BILLIONAIRE

The card is already on his pillow.