The Intern's Gambit

He didn't just want to fire me. He wanted to break me.

I spent six months in hell.
My tormentor? Nikolas Stane. Billionaire CEO, arms dealer, and the most ruthless man in Manhattan. To him, I was just another "mediocre" intern to be crushed under the heel of his Italian loafers. He tore apart my work, mocked my ambition, and watched me with dark, predatory eyes that missed nothing.

I hated him. I feared him.
But I never, ever backed down.

Then came the twist I didn't see coming: France.
Away from the boardrooms and the power plays, the cold corporate tyrant is looking at me differently. The hatred between us is shifting into a dangerous obsession, and I'm realizing his cruelty was never about hate.
It was a test.
He was stripping away my armor to see if I had the steel to stand beside him.

Now, the game has changed. The stakes aren't just my career—they're my heart. But in a world of high-stakes strategy and betrayal, falling in love might be the deadliest move of all.

Checkmate.