CHAPTER 1: THE MAN I WAS SENT TO DESTROY
My brother, Ethan Walker, was one of the youngest CEOs in America.
At twenty-eight, he had already taken control of Walker Corporation and turned it into one of the most aggressive companies in the country.
His greatest enemy was Adrian Cole.
For years, the two men had fought over contracts, acquisitions, investors, and market shares. Their business rivalry had become so personal that everyone in the industry expected one of them to eventually destroy the other.
Then I came home from studying abroad.
Ethan gave me a job.
Or rather, a mission.
“You're going to work for Cole Holdings,” he told me.
“And?”
“And you're going to find out what Adrian is planning.”
I agreed.
What I didn't expect was falling in love with the man I had been sent to betray.
For six months, Adrian believed my name was Lily Morgan.
He didn't know I was Ethan Walker's younger sister.
He didn't know I had entered his company under a false identity.
And somehow, somewhere between late-night meetings and secret dinners, I stopped caring about my mission.
Then Adrian found out.
I panicked.
I disappeared without explaining anything.
The next day, Ethan publicly challenged Adrian to a fight outside Walker Corporation.
Thousands of people watched the argument online.
At three o'clock, my brother walked outside surrounded by cameras.
He attempted to demonstrate his Taekwondo skills.
His first kick was impressive.
His second kick ended with a painful scream.
He had injured his back.
As employees carried him toward an ambulance, I rushed forward to help.
Then someone laughed behind me.
A familiar voice.
“Sophie.”
My entire body froze.
I turned around.
Adrian stood only a few feet away.
Perfect suit.
Cold expression.
Dark eyes fixed directly on me.
Then he glanced at my brother lying on the stretcher.
“Did you really leave me for him?”
I stared at him.
“That is my brother.”
Adrian's expression changed.
Only slightly.
Then he smiled.
“That's worse.”
That night, Ethan received an anonymous envelope.
Inside was a photograph.
Me and Adrian.
Standing together.
The photograph had been taken three months before I ever started working at Cole Holdings.
And neither of us remembered it.
CHAPTER 2: THE TRUTH NONE OF US REMEMBERED
Ethan stormed into my room holding the photograph.
“You knew Adrian before I sent you there.”
“I didn't.”
“You're lying.”
For the first time, I wasn't.