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Hidden Fortune:The Barista Heiress

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Nora Chen serves coffee with a smile, lives in a cramped studio, and believes her father abandoned her before birth. She has no idea that Richard Hartley, the luxury hotel mogul who died three months ago, left her 40% of his empire in a secret will. Zachary Knight knows. The ruthless CEO who spent a decade destroying Hartley's business learned the truth from his private investigators. This barista nobody is the illegitimate daughter who could challenge his planned acquisition of Hartley International. His solution? Keep her close. Control her. Make sure she never discovers her inheritance until he secures the company. He buys the coffee shop. Promotes her to his personal assistant. Watches her every move with an intensity that terrifies and thrills her. Nora thinks her gorgeous, mysterious boss is just demanding. She doesn't realize every opportunity he gives her is a golden cage. When she accidentally discovers documents revealing her true identity, the betrayal shatters her. But Zachary has already made his fatal mistake. He fell in love with the woman he was supposed to destroy. Now the barista he underestimated is about to show him exactly what a Hartley heiress can do.
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