He's the billionaire who never hears no. She's the firebrand sent to make him say it. One week to settle a deal—and the city, their careers, and their hearts are collateral.

Delilah Monroe walks into Sterling Tower to stop a luxury project from bulldozing East Briar. She expects spreadsheets, not Graham Sterling—silver-fox CEO, lethal in a suit, addicted to control. Their first meeting detonates into razor banter and boardroom warfare; the second becomes a trap wrapped in candlelight; the third ends with a kiss neither can file away.

As elevator standoffs turn into after-hours confessions, desire threatens the one thing Delilah refuses to lose: her reputation. Then a headline draws blood, and the line between enemy and ally blurs. To win her—and save the neighborhood he was born to conquer—Graham must gamble his legacy on something no balance sheet can measure: a promise that protects her world as fiercely as he wants her.

Scorching age-gap, enemies-to-lovers tension. Grumpy/sunshine bite. Billionaire redemption. High heat, high stakes, and a hard-earned HEA.