••• Sofia is holding on to something. Guilt and underlying bitterness eat away at her, along with a lack of trust for anyone. Not even Clayton when he tries to dig his way around her steely defenses.

But then, he catches on to the weight on her shoulders and offers to help her sort her shit out, sacrificing his own wants. An offer she reluctantly accepts.

It's a long process, but Clayton slowly reveals Sofia's ache isn't what it seemed and shows her that you don't always have to forgive and forget to let go and move on. •••

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¶ CEO from hell trope ¶

••• She did not waste a moment in leaving Delaware when her heart was left shattered on the floor. The only person she trusted managed to do that to her.

He is driven to the wall when some woman he just hired comes hurtling into his life, refuses to bend to his will like the one million other people he fired, and manages to pull his walls down, crack by crack.

Ice cold indifference meets hot and hard temper and the chaos they leave in their wake is beautiful. •••

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