His Glacial Command
By @john1208
Elara Vance, an architectural preservationist, lives and breathes the history etched into crumbling facades. Her family's renowned heritage firm teeters on the brink of collapse, their final hope resting on a prestigious restoration project. But the client is Alistair Thorne, the formidable CEO whose empire thrives on tearing down the old to build the new, seeing no value in sentiment, only profit. He sees her passion as weakness, her ideals as antiquated. Yet, he offers her a chilling deal: join his team, supervise his vision, and save her firm, or watch him systematically dismantle everything she holds dear. Trapped between an ice wall and a hard place, Elara battles Alistair in boardrooms and across blueprints, each clash sparking a dangerous, undeniable heat. She risks losing her family’s legacy, her very integrity, and possibly her heart to the man who embodies everything she despises. His presence is a cold, sharp scent in the air, his gaze an icy challenge that makes her breath catch, even as a forbidden tremor runs through her, pulling her into his unforgiving orbit. The silk of her resolve threatens to fray with every shared glance.
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