I shouldn’t get wet at the thought of my step father, but I do.It all started the day we had a business meeting. I work as an intern at his company and I couldn't help but imagine his long slender fingers f*cking me. My name is Emma and no, I am not a pretty model queen. I am what you call a geek, a nerd and a wallflower. But this wallflower wants to get bent over on his table and will do anything to be his slut. Even if it means getting my mother out of the way.

She pays a stranger to belong to her.He lets her—while hiding a billion-dollar truth.Evelyn Smith built her life from nothing and trusts no one. When she offers to keep a construction worker being torn apart on-site, it’s meant to be control, distance, and safety. Money instead of vulnerability. A contract instead of love.But Dominic isn’t powerless. He’s a Sterling—an heir playing poor, watching a quiet, anxious woman believe she’s buying freedom when she’s actually choosing him.What begins as a transaction turns obsessive, intimate, and dangerous. Lies stack. Enemies circle. Her past comes to collect what it thinks she owes.And when the truth detonates, Eve must decide:Was she ever the one in control—or did he stay because she was worth everything?