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Cassius Lacorte is the CEO of Limca Group, a well-known real estate and property development company in the Philippines.
Ruthless in business, brilliant in strategy, and effortlessly charismatic, he built his empire through discipline and control. Love? A distraction. Relationships? A waste of time. In his world, there is no room for anything but success.
But then, there's Lorelei.
His adopted daughter-his greatest challenge. Fierce, rebellious, and completely untamable. No matter how much control he has over his business, she is the one force of chaos he can't escape. And the only one who truly tests his limits.
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