Everyone in elite corporate circles whispers that Elise is pathetically infatuated with Christian, her arrogant, razor-sharp CEO. For three long years, she tolerates his unreasonable late-night demands, icy dismissals, and socialite insults with unflinching politeness, leading office busybodies to wager that she will gladly suffer his whims forever.
What nobody understands is that Elise treats every humiliation as paid overtime under an ironclad three-year corporate agreement. The instant the final clock strikes midnight, she cashes her lucrative payout, leaves her badge on his mahogany desk, and vanishes, sending her bewildered boss into a frantic spiral of realization and pursuit.
