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In the glittering, cutthroat world of the Lagos elite, image is everything. For Winifred Nifemi, it was a prison. Raised as the "perfect" adopted daughter of a powerful Senator, Winifred has spent her life as a high-profile influencer, her every smile curated for the public eye. But behind the filters and the silk gowns lies a lethal secret: Winifred is a world-class hacker, living a double life as a digital vigilante. Her world shatters when she infiltrates the servers of the Adeyemis—her family’s fiercest political rivals—and discovers a truth more twisted than any conspiracy theory. She wasn't just an orphan; she is the discarded twin of Jane Adeyemi, the "Golden Girl" of Nigeria. Winifred was abandoned at birth by her mother, Favor Adeyemi, simply because she didn't fit the family’s "aesthetic" brand. Now a target of a ruthless cartel and a shadow government known as "Regency," Winifred is forced to go on the run. Her only ally is James Adebayo, a former elite soldier turned bodyguard who has his own reasons for wanting the system to burn. From the high-stakes galas of the Lagos Yacht Club to the dangerous "dead zones" of the mainland, Winifred and James must stay one step ahead of a professional hit squad led by the man who raised her. As they peel back the layers of a national conspiracy, Winifred realizes that to take down her mother’s empire, she must stop being a ghost and become the fire that consumes the brand.
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Eight years ago, a fifty-dollar bet destroyed three lives. Today, a million-dollar contract will force them back together. Nobutoshi "Nobu" Zeigler, the Iron Prince of a steel empire, and Josh Alexander were best friends harboring a desperate, secret romance. But when the suffocating pressure of Nobu's corporate destiny pushed them to a breaking point, a toxic challenge was issued in the heat of the moment. To protect his secret and prove his dominance, Nobu seduced their best friend, Rosaria "Sari" Leighton, only to publicly humiliate her the next day to save face. The brutal betrayal shattered Sari, drove Josh away in absolute disgust, and left Nobu to rule an empire built on crushing guilt. Eight years later, Zeigler Industries is bleeding out. To save his dying legacy, Nobu's father invokes an archaic, 25-year-old Mutual Preservation Pact, cornering the Leighton family and forcing an arranged marriage between Nobu and Sari. If they refuse, the financial penalties will bankrupt both of their bloodlines. But Sari is no longer the vulnerable girl they broke. She has forged herself into the "Tech Queen"—a brilliant, ruthless, and untouchable systems architect who treats intimacy like a security breach. Forced to walk down the aisle and share a home with the man she despises, Sari plans to keep her firewalls raised forever. Yet, during an isolated, off-grid honeymoon in the freezing mountains of Hokkaido, the corporate armor begins to crack. Stripped of their titles and their audiences, Sari discovers the haunted, deeply devoted man hiding beneath the Iron Prince's mask, igniting a feral, all-consuming passion that neither can deny. Just as Nobu and Sari begin to heal, the ghost of their third piece returns. Josh Alexander is now a battle-hardened FBI agent investigating a lethal cyber-terrorism plot aimed directly at Zeigler Industries. When his case brings him crashing back into their lives, the unresolved, suffocating tension between Josh and Nobu threatens to detonate. The two men have spent a decade starving for each other, paralyzed by historical guilt and duty. But Sari is no longer a pawn; she is a Matriarch. Instead of letting the past tear them apart again, she decides to rewrite the rules. She challenges the two most formidable men she knows to drop their defenses, stop running, and finally claim what belongs to them. As corporate sabotage escalates into life-threatening violence, Nobu, Josh, and Sari must confront the demons of their youth and fight for their future. In a world defined by ruthless boardroom politics and unforgiving legacies, they will forge an unbreakable M/M/F triad built on brutal honesty, fierce protection, and a love that defies all expectations.
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