I slept with a stranger at my best friend’s wedding… and he turned out to be the CEO I’m assigned to investigate for sexual misconduct.

I meet him on a night I’m supposed to forget—sharp suit, sharper mouth, the kind of man who looks at me like he sees every truth I’ve never said out loud.

I tell myself it’s one reckless mistake.

Then I walk into his office on Monday and realize my one‑night stand is Cole Whitmore—my off‑limits source, my boss‑adjacent nightmare, and the CEO drowning in a scandal I’m supposed to expose.

I try to stay professional. He makes it impossible.

He challenges every question I throw at him. He shows up for people when no one’s watching. And somewhere between a storm at his house and the way he makes my coffee exactly right… I fall for him.

Hard.

But the closer I get, the clearer it becomes; someone inside his company is trying to destroy him, and getting too close to me might be the final blow.

And if I choose him now, I might lose the career I’ve spent my whole life building.