The Billionaire's Temptation

The air in Ashford Tower tasted like money and indifference, and I had exactly fifteen minutes to convince its king to save my father’s gallery. I’m a Fauvist fox stumbling through a temple of brutalist ice—my caramel curls escaping their pins, my portfolio bursting with color-saturated visions that scream against his monochrome empire. Damian Ashford doesn’t need to announce his power; it breathes in the marble and old money silence. He looks at me like I’m a stain on his pristine floor. But my father’s legacy is drowning in debt, and this cold, untouchable man is the only lifeline I have. So I’ll clutch my leather case and fight for every one of those fifteen minutes. But when his indifferent gaze catches fire and he offers a deal I can’t refuse—one that chains me to his glittering, ruthless world for far longer than a meeting—I realize I’m not just negotiating for a gallery anymore. I’m trapped in the orbit of a man who sees my passion as chaos, who demands control in exchange for salvation, and whose icy exterior masks a heat that threatens to burn every colour I call my own. Every argument feels like a spark, every cold command a challenge my heart is too loud to ignore. I came to be a beggar in his fortress. But can I survive Damian Ashford without losing the very shades that make me alive—or will this billionaire collector steal more than just my art? *Billionaire, Opposites Attract, Grumpy/Sunshine, Forced Proximity, Save the Family Business*