Catherine Lane doesn’t believe in love. Not after the divorce that shattered her family—or the silence her father left behind. Focused, brilliant, and emotionally guarded, she builds walls no one gets past. Especially not at Statham Enterprise, New York’s most cutthroat corporate empire.

Erik Statham doesn’t have time for distractions. Ruthless in business, cold by design, he built his empire by staying detached. But when Catherine storms into his world—sharp-tongued, unapologetic, and smarter than anyone else in the room—she threatens everything he thought he wanted… and everything he’s afraid to feel.

What begins as a power struggle explodes into a slow-burn, high-stakes romance laced with betrayal, obsession, and the kind of passion that scars.

But when rivals conspire, secrets unravel, and trust is shattered, Catherine must decide what she wants more: revenge—or a chance to rise from the wreckage on her own terms.

A dark, emotional, and seductive workplace romance where love isn’t a weakness—it’s the final move.

Love, Loss and Statham

Epilogue

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The email came in at 6:47 a.m.

**Subject**: URGENT — Leak from Strategy Division
**From**: Compliance Officer
**To**: E. Statham | V. Graham | R. Wales | C. Lane
**Message**:
*A confidential draft of the Ridley acquisition proposal has been found circulating externally. Preliminary analysis suggest...

First strike

The interview

Welcome to the jungle

The shark and the cub

Snakes in suites

Brooklyn nights

Later hours, long stares

Lines and challenges

The business congress

The weekend that changed everything

Back to the cold

Vince’s warning

Prove yourself again

Pressure builds

Fire and ice

Storm in the office

The Aftermath

Julia strikes

Broken pieces

Vince investigates

Target on her back

Burn notice

Sheffield

The Door Opens

Letters and Lemon Cake

Back to the City

The Proposal

Loose Ends

The Dinner Invitation

What We Keep

Revenir

The Interference

The Soft Return

What Comes After

The Final Move

Echoes of Before

Operation Disruption

Fault Lines

Trust or Treason

Between Light and Shadow

The Breaking Point

Eye of the Storm

The Countermove

After the Fire