Introduction

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NIKOLAI ARDEN

is a man untouched by emotion and driven by a need for absolute control.

As the ruthless CEO of Arden Global and Alex Volkov’s most dangerous rival, he’s built his empire through fear, power, and calculated destruction. Cold and untouchable, he’s never allowed anyone close enough to become a weakness.

Until her.

A stubborn event planner with sharp words and beautiful eyes that see far too much.

A distraction.

A temptation.

A crack in the walls he spent years building.

And when the emotionless billionaire begins to feel for the first time, it threatens to destroy everything he’s ever known.

SIENNA VALE

is a hopeless romantic hidden beneath the polished perfection of New York’s elite event scene.

Known for creating flawless weddings and extravagant celebrations, she believes every love story deserves a happy ending—even if she’s never truly had one herself.

Then she meets Nikolai Arden.

The arrogant billionaire with a dangerous reputation and eyes colder than winter becomes the one man capable of unraveling her carefully controlled world.

Her enemy.

Her chaos.

Her greatest mistake.

But somewhere between stolen glances, heated arguments, and a connection too intense to ignore, Sienna realizes the most terrifying love stories aren’t the ones that fall apart—

They’re the ones powerful enough to consume you whole.

Their love was never meant to happen—

but when it does, it forces two people standing on opposite sides of the battlefield to choose between their hearts and the empires they’re willing to destroy for each other.

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...Opening Setup...

Josh Chen and Jules Ambrose’s wedding was supposed to mark the end of Sienna Vale’s most successful event of the year.

Instead, it became the beginning of a disaster she never saw coming.

As one of New York’s most sought-after luxury event planners, Sienna was used to handling impossible clients, last-minute catastrophes, and billionaire egos with a calm smile on her face. Planning a wedding for the daughter of one of the city’s most influential families had only strengthened her reputation in elite social circles.

But after sixteen exhausting hours of fixing floral emergencies, calming emotional relatives, and making sure every detail of the extravagant reception remained flawless, the last thing she expected was to accidentally spill champagne on Nikolai Arden.

Cold. Ruthless. Untouchable.

The CEO of Arden Groups was known across the business world as Alex Volkov’s greatest rival and one of the most feared men in New York. A man with a face carved from perfection and a personality devoid of warmth. People avoided him. Feared him. Whispered about him behind closed doors.

Sienna, however, had never been intimidated by powerful men.

Unfortunately, Nikolai seemed just as unimpressed by her as she was by him.

What begins as mutual irritation soon spirals into stolen glances, dangerous tension, and an attraction neither of them is willing to admit. Because somewhere between their endless arguments and reluctant encounters, the emotionless billionaire and the stubborn event planner find themselves caught in a love story neither of them wanted—

and one that may destroy them both before it saves them.

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