You belong to me from the moment you walk in... until I say you can leave.” When struggling 22-year-old Noah Hart lands a job as the personal assistant to cold, ruthless billionaire Elias Voss, he thinks it’s just another paycheck. But Elias isn’t just demanding—he’s a man who doesn’t believe in love, doesn’t tolerate mistakes, and doesn’t mix business with pleasure. At least, not until Noah walks into his office. As the days blur into nights and the lines between personal and professional disappear, Noah finds himself caught in Elias’s dangerous world—where power is a game, and attraction is lethal. But Noah has secrets too. And the deeper he falls, the harder it will be to escape. Can a cold CEO learn to love—or will he destroy the only man who ever saw through his mask?
View MoreChapter One: Welcome to Hell, Mr. Hart
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The elevator doors opened on the top floor of Voss Tower with an ominous ding.
Noah Hart clutched his cheap satchel tighter, heart jackhammering behind his ribs.
This was it.
New job. New suit. New chance.
All he had to do was survive 90 days as Elias Voss’s personal assistant.
How hard could it be?
He stepped into the private executive lobby. Marble floors. Floor-to-ceiling windows. Silence so heavy it felt sacred. And behind a sleek reception desk, a woman with blood-red lipstick stared at him like she was already tired of his existence.
“You’re late,” she said, even though he was exactly three minutes early.
“I—uh—Noah Hart. Here to see Mr. Voss. First day.”
He offered a shaky smile. It wilted under her stare.
She picked up the phone. “He’s here.”
Pause. A quiet nod.
“He said: ‘Don’t waste my time.’ Go.”
Before he could ask what that meant, the frosted glass doors behind her slid open soundlessly.
Noah walked through them like a man heading to execution.
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The office was cold. Literally and emotionally.
Spanning the entire top floor, it looked like a villain’s lair: black steel, matte charcoal walls, and sharp edges. Nothing warm. Nothing soft.
Then he saw Elias Voss.
Six-foot-something. Black suit tailored like sin. Sharp jaw, slicked-back dark hair, ice-gray eyes behind rimless glasses. He didn’t look up from his laptop.
“You’re thirty seconds late,” he said.
“I—”
“Sit.”
A gesture. A single flick of fingers.
Noah sank into the leather chair across from the CEO’s obsidian desk, trying not to sweat through his shirt.
Elias finally looked up.
And Noah felt it.
The impact.
Those eyes didn’t blink. They scanned him like a product. Judging. Calculating.
“You worked in a bookstore for four years,” Elias said, reading off the file. “Then did freelance editing. No business school. No corporate background. So why should I keep you?”
“I’m good at learning fast,” Noah said, trying to sound braver than he felt. “I work hard. I don’t complain.”
A pause.
Elias leaned back, eyes narrowing.
“Are you obedient, Mr. Hart?”
What?
“I—what?”
“I ask once. I expect answers. Immediate execution. No backtalk, no questions, no mistakes.”
His voice was smooth. Cold steel wrapped in silk.
“If you disappoint me, I won’t fire you. I’ll bury you in paperwork until you beg to leave. Understood?”
Noah’s throat went dry. “Understood.”
“Good.”
Elias stood. Tall. Broad. Impossibly elegant.
He walked around the desk, then stopped right in front of Noah.
Close. Too close.
Noah looked up. His breath caught.
Elias’s gaze dropped briefly to Noah’s lips.
Just for a second.
“Your contract hours are eight to six. But with me,” Elias murmured, “You’ll be working overtime. You belong to me from the moment you walk in… until I say you can leave.”
Something about the way he said belong made Noah’s stomach flip.
Then Elias turned, as if nothing had happened.
“Go familiarize yourself with your duties. I’ll call you when I need you.”
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As Noah walked out of
the office, pulse racing, one thought spun in his head:
What the hell did I just sign up for?
POV: NoahThe rooftop felt like another world.The night air was sharp, every gust tugging at Noah’s open collar and whipping strands of hair across his forehead. Below them, the city unfurled in a glittering sprawl, a thousand jeweled lights scattered across black velvet. Cars streamed through the streets in glowing ribbons, horns and sirens floating faintly upward, swallowed by the height.His jacket lay forgotten somewhere behind him, kicked aside the moment Elias pressed him against the steel railing. Noah should have been cold, should have been shivering from the bite of the wind. But Elias’s hands were on his hips strong, steady, claiming and heat burned through him with every touch.“Look,” Elias whispered, his breath hot against Noah’s ear.Noah’s gaze flicked downward. The city blinked and pulsed, alive and endless. It felt as though every window, every headlight, every eye belonged to them. Watching.“They’ll see us,” Noah said, his voice thin, caught between fear and desire
POV: EliasThe storm had cut the city’s power.Skyscrapers across the skyline were blacked out, their glass facades reflecting nothing but lightning. Inside Thorne & Vale’s headquarters, the emergency lights glowed dimly, throwing the offices into eerie half-shadow.Elias sat alone in the boardroom, his tie loosened, his sleeves rolled up. He should have been reading through the quarterly reports, strategizing contingency plans for the outage. But his thoughts were elsewhere.On Noah.Noah was down the hall, probably still hunched over his laptop, working by battery light. The boy worked like the company’s survival was balanced on his shoulders — and maybe it was. Maybe Elias had let it become that way.The building groaned in the wind. Somewhere, a door slammed in the draft. Elias’s jaw clenched.He wasn’t used to this kind of silence. Without the hum of power, the office felt like a cage. And Noah was trapped in here with him.When the footsteps finally came, Elias knew them instant
POV: Noah The water was hot, steam curling around the glass walls like a cocoon. Noah leaned his forehead against the tile, letting the spray beat down his back. His muscles ached, his chest tight. The day had been endless — reporters digging into his past, whispers in the office hallways, another article calling him a distraction, a liability. He wanted to wash it all off. Scrub away every word that clung like dirt beneath his skin. The door slid open behind him. Noah didn’t turn. He didn’t have to. He knew the weight of that presence, the gravity of Elias Thorne filling the room. “You didn’t wait for me.” Elias’s voice was low, almost unreadable under the hiss of water. “I needed this.” Noah’s voice was hoarse, carried on exhaustion. “I needed to feel… clean.” There was silence, then the soft thud of clothing hitting the floor. Elias stepped into the shower, the glass fogging further, his body joining Noah’s under the stream. He didn’t touch him at first. Just stood
POV: Noah The rooftop stretched above the city like a secret kingdom. Noah’s breath fogged in the cold air, his jacket discarded somewhere behind him, forgotten the moment Elias had pulled him close. Wind tugged at his hair and clothing, sharp as ice, but he hardly noticed. Elias’s hands were on his hips, steady, anchoring him against the dizzying sprawl of skyscrapers and traffic below. “Look,” Elias murmured, his lips grazing the shell of Noah’s ear. Noah did. The city glittered beneath them, a thousand jeweled lights blinking in rhythm with the heartbeat pounding in his chest. Cars slid through the streets like streams of fire, horns and sirens carrying faintly upward. It was beautiful. Alive. Watching. “They’ll see us,” Noah whispered, voice breaking with thrill and terror. Elias’s teeth scraped the edge of his jaw. “Good.” The word landed like a spark, setting fire to his veins. He shivered, not from cold but from the sheer recklessness of it. They had been careless
POV: EliasThe penthouse was silent except for the rain tapping against the windows.Elias loosened his tie, tugging it free from his collar with deliberate slowness. His meetings had run until midnight, his mind still humming with numbers, contracts, rivals who thought they could take something from him. But the moment he stepped inside, he found Noah sprawled on the couch in sweatpants, hair damp from the shower, scrolling absently through his phone.At the sight of him, Elias’s pulse shifted. The noise of the world dulled. The tension in his shoulders burned into something else entirely.He dropped his briefcase by the door. “Come here.”Noah blinked up. “Elias—”“Now.”Noah set his phone aside, padding across the room. Barefoot. Relaxed. Unaware of just how tightly Elias’s control was wound tonight.When he reached him, Elias didn’t kiss him. Didn’t even touch. He simply lifted the tie in his hand and let it dangle between them.“Take off your clothes.”Noah’s breath hitched. “Her
Bonus Chapter Two: ForeverPOV: Split — Elias & NoahNoahThe gala lights sparkled like stars scattered across the ballroom ceiling. Chandeliers glittered, champagne flowed, and laughter rose in elegant waves from the crowd. But for Noah, none of it mattered.Because Elias was across the room, cornered by a small group of investors, and still—still—he was looking at him.Even in a sea of tuxedos and gowns, Elias stood out. His suit was perfectly tailored, black with a subtle sheen, his tie the exact deep navy that Noah had chosen for him. His hair gleamed under the golden light, sharp jawline softened only by the faintest smile he reserved for one person.For Noah.Two years. Two years since they’d stepped out of the fire and into something they had built together. The new firm thrived, their names no longer whispered with scandal but celebrated with respect. Their story had become less about ruin and more about resilience.And yet—Elias still looked at him like he was the only thing
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