COFFEE, BLACK

She was the woman reckless enough to make him question everything.

Caden Black only lives for two things: his coffee, taken black, and the thrill of desire that leaves nothing but wreckage behind. He doesn't do relationships, doesn't waste time with flowers or promises, and he definitely doesn't dabble in the things of love. His world is built on pleasure without strings, mind games, and sweet chaos without consequence. At least, that's the way it's supposed to be.

That's before Olivia Romane literally crashes into his life. A defiant, sharp-witted barista working under his family's company, she's already complicated enough thanks to her run-in with his brother. She's the opposite of everything Caden should want: stubborn, unimpressed, constantly challenging him. Yet from the very beginning, she becomes the one thing he can't stop thinking about or wanting.

He infuriates her. She resists him. She shakes up his perfectly ordered life just by existing. And the worst part? He likes it, loves it even.

For Olivia, Caden is every kind of wrong: annoying, arrogant, and far too dangerous for her peace of mind. She wants nothing to do with his infuriating smirk, his intensity, or the way he makes her pulse race when he's near. But no matter how hard she tries, she can't push him out of her head... or her life.

What begins as irritation spirals into a game neither of them can resist and encounters that teeter far too close to the edge of the one thing Caden avoids, love. The office is the last place they should be playing, but every line they try to draw only burns away under the need between them.

She swears she won't fall. He swears he doesn't do love. But desire is a dangerous liar. It tempts, it consumes, it tears down every wall until nothing is left but obsession, and once they're in too deep, neither will escape unscathed.