structure of Calloway Corporation, the air cr

ged to empires, where people walked with purpose, he

the marble floor, each step measured, contro

interview, standing her ground aga

hand out jobs to strangers, especially not to wo

aughter, working

s lau

worn enemy but didn't know

his name popped up on his television scr

levator doors, her fingers tightening ar

she couldn't be bothered by what her father had done or was do

of living the life

through h

ors sl

than stoo

itched for h

een there a

ng as he had been in the interview, tall, broad-shouldered, his navy suit t

, velvety, edged with something that s

features. "Mr. Call

ide. The doors

le

ted beneath her feet, the air

ually, watching her in the re

ugh the glass. "Sure I

s lips. "That depends

ack in her armor. She had grown up surrounded by men l

ld hand

try," she replied

ed with somethi

ping closer, his presence suffocating, "you signed up to

did

ors sl

, pulse thrumming. Etha

tercepted her path, a blonde with sharp features, a fitted

s Bl

es

elcome to Calloway Corporation. I'm Olivia

twisted. Execu

job she had

question it, Ol

instructed me to give you a

pausing just long enough

ickering with something almost amused

lenched

sed to be a corporate world but it se

the CEO?" She asked

d offices, Elena could feel the weight of eyes tr

wasn't just

uriosity. A

d the executive floor,

ing toward a sleek, minimalist work

stomach

Olivia's

as Et

e keyboard. She could feel Ethan's presence even without looking, h

de his office, let alone given a role that ensu

job like she envisi

to do with who her f

she had no inten

mputer pulled her attent

t: Fir

licked

s B

y belong he

pany's server. Find it. Summarize its key

d l

lse qu

en mi

through hundreds of files. Project Titan wasn't in t

lenched

ng her intel

ning back in his chair, watching her through

e. If it wasn't in the main sy

s folders, scanning through hig

fidential files. The codenames were all structur

licke

d prompt

heart

n't hav

in

ck the system, but he would exp

again, scanning his message. If

as a

ve

yped: P

ect pa

ed: bel

s gra

?" she e

, her mind racing. Project Titan was a

a job, she'd be making enemies with powerful men co

points, double-checked

s still

d the printed summary onto his desk,

smile spread

d. "But tell me, Miss Bl

ld you, I wouldn't be

Ethan's smirk falter

d. "You might j

, I intend to survive h

Good. Because this i

**

m the city skyline reflecting off the polished whiskey glass in his

r was up to

rld, yet, she had walked into Calloway Corporation

pire, controlling his world with an iron

been raised in that world. She w

was, whose game

oor pulled him f

t said, his voi

tepped inside. Dressed in his usual dark suit, the man ex

date on Miss Blak

his glass do

tion today," Marcus said. "Position:

aw tightene

asn't Elen

s continued. "She earned it. Callowa

, his mind working thr

e wouldn't let a mafia princess i

Elena? Or was

st the desk. "I want eyes on her. Close, but not obvio

ded. "Alre

Callo

paying attention to he

tightened aro

as dan

, ruthless in business, and carried a reputation for being unpredi

wasn't

red. "If he gets too close, r

ed his head.

ncent picked up his whiskey again

ught she

wa

. She would always

**

n, dressed in a fitted black pencil skirt and a crisp w

he stood by the floor-to-ceiling

ered, his gaze assessi

the kind of man who tol

rved slight

rms. "What are we

the chair across f

ng her legs as

ll be working directly under me. That means every deal,

er pulse quickened. This was

was working for her father. He could h

happened between them. She just wanted t

there something y