
His Assistant His Ruin
Doris thought the hardest part of her life was finally over the night she walked away from the man she wasted six years loving.
She was wrong.
After a humiliating breakup and a car accident that leaves her nearly broke, Doris clings to the only good thing she has left an interview invitation from Delvian Group, one of the most powerful companies in New York. She tells herself all she needs to do is survive the job, save enough money to rebuild her life, and stay out of trouble.
Then she meets Delvis.
The kind of man people lower their voices around without realizing it. The kind of man who looks at you once and somehow makes it feel like he already knows everything about you.
Doris first meets him on the worst night of her life, but she does not realize the stranger from the accident is actually the CEO she is about to work for until it is already too late to run.
Working for Delvis is nothing like she expected. The office is beautiful, expensive, and controlled down to the smallest detail, but underneath all that perfection, something feels wrong. People are nervous around him. Files disappear. Conversations stop when she walks in. His name barely exists online, and the deeper Doris digs, the more she realizes her boss is not just some wealthy businessman from Singapore.
His family is tied to something darker.
And then there is Ethan, Delvis’s charming fiancé, who smiles too easily, speaks too softly, and somehow makes Doris feel safe in a world that suddenly doesn’t.
But safety inside Delvis’s world comes with a price.
Because the deeper Doris falls into their lives, the harder it becomes to tell who is protecting her… and who is slowly destroying her.
Basahin
Chapter: AnnouncementBy eight in the morning, the secret was no longer a secret.Doris knew it before she even stepped through the doors of Varmont.The lobby was louder than usual.Not chaotic.Just different.People were speaking in low voices, checking their phones, showing one another something on their screens before quickly pretending they hadn't been doing anything at all.Doris slowed as she walked past the reception desk.Two employees were looking at a phone between them.The moment they noticed her, they lowered it.Doris frowned.Then her own phone vibrated.Once.Twice.Then again.She pulled it out.The notification sitting at the top of her screen made her stop walking.*Varmont Chairman's Son Delvis Lim Announces Engagement to Ethan Carter.*Her stomach dropped.She opened the article.The photograph loaded.Delvis stood in a black suit, his expression as unreadable as ever.Ethan stood beside him, smiling naturally, one hand resting against Delvis's arm.The headline was only the beginnin
Huling Na-update: 2026-08-18
Chapter: Family DinnerBy seven that evening, the mansion no longer felt like a home.It felt like a venue.Staff moved quietly through the halls, carrying trays and adjusting flowers while security personnel checked doors, entrances, and the grounds for what felt like the hundredth time.Doris stood at the end of the dining room, reviewing the seating arrangement on her tablet.She had changed the names three times.Not because the arrangement was wrong.Because Ethan's mother had apparently decided that sitting beside someone she disliked for an entire evening was an unacceptable fate.Doris sighed."One more change."She moved a name.Then another."There."She looked at the table.Perfect.At least something was.The long dining table had been arranged with dark polished wood, crystal glasses and carefully folded linen. Nothing was excessive.Everything was expensive.That was the difference.Even the flowers looked like they had been selected by someone who had never heard the word *budget*.Doris step
Huling Na-update: 2026-08-17
Chapter: Things She Can’t IgnoreBy the following morning, Doris had convinced herself that everything was fine.It was a lie.A very convincing one, but still a lie.She stood in front of the mirror in her room, fastening an earring while the glow of her phone illuminated the dresser beside her.The engagement announcement had gone public sometime during the night.She had already seen it.She had tried not to.That had lasted approximately six seconds.*DELVIS LIM AND ETHAN CARTER OFFICIALLY ENGAGED*The headline sat beneath a photograph of the two men standing together at what looked like some private event.Ethan was smiling.Delvis wasn't.That was normal.At least, Doris told herself it was normal.She looked at the picture again.Ethan's hand rested against Delvis's chest.Delvis allowed it.Doris's stomach tightened.She locked her phone."This is ridiculous."She picked up her bag and walked out.The mansion was already unusually busy.People moved through the halls carrying garment bags, boxes, floral sampl
Huling Na-update: 2026-08-16
Chapter: The LineDoris didn't say much during the drive back.For once, she was grateful for the silence.Her hands remained folded tightly in her lap as the city passed beyond the window, the lights blurring together whenever she stared at them for too long.She could still feel the hand that had grabbed her.The suddenness of it.The panic.The realization that those men hadn't come to scare her.They had come to take her.And then Victor had appeared.Doris glanced toward him.He kept his eyes on the road, his expression as unreadable as ever.She didn't ask why he had been there.She already knew.Delvis.Of course.The thought should have irritated her.Instead, it brought a strange sense of relief.If Victor hadn't been following her, she didn't know how that meeting would have ended.Doris looked down at her empty hands.The folder was gone.During the struggle, she'd dropped it.She didn't know whether the attackers had taken it or whether it had been left behind when they ran.Either way, it
Huling Na-update: 2026-08-16
Chapter: The ExchangeDoris spent the rest of the evening avoiding Delvis.She avoided Ethan too.It wasn't difficult with Ethan.He had left the mansion earlier with Victor and a few members of the security team to deal with some of the final engagement arrangements, which gave Doris the excuse she needed to stay in her room.Delvis was harder.He was everywhere without actually being anywhere.She could hear his footsteps in the hallway.His voice occasionally carried from downstairs.Once, she caught sight of him through the glass doors of the study.He looked up.Their eyes met.Doris immediately looked away.She hated herself for it.After what had almost happened in his office, she didn't trust herself around him.She didn't trust the way her body had refused to listen to her mind.And she definitely didn't want to think about how close his face had been to hers before Ethan's knock had interrupted them.So she buried herself in work.The Orion file sat open on her laptop.Doris stared at it for seve
Huling Na-update: 2026-08-15
Chapter: The lineDoris stared at Victor. For several seconds, she couldn’t find the words. The man she had been seeing around the mansion wasn’t some stranger lurking around the property. It was Victor. And apparently, Delvis had known about it the entire time. “Mr. Lim told you to watch me?” Victor nodded. “Why?” “He believed you might be in danger.” “From who?” “I don’t know.” Doris frowned. “You don’t know?” “I was only given instructions to monitor the property around you and report anything unusual.” She folded her arms. “So you’ve been following me?” “Not following.” Doris gave him a look. Victor corrected himself. “Watching.” “That’s not exactly better.” He didn’t respond. Doris looked back toward the mansion. A strange mixture of irritation and relief settled inside her. At least she finally knew. The mystery had a face. But now she had another question. Why had Delvis felt the need to protect her without telling her? She turned back to Victor. “When did he tell yo
Huling Na-update: 2026-08-14