WHAT THE COUNSEL OBJECTED TO (The Dividends Series)

At Vardenton Holdings, General Counsel Elena Ruiz lives by one rule: protect the company without compromising the truth.

Then independent counsel Theo Grant walks through her locked door.

An expanding SEC inquiry has reopened years of corporate history. The board has hired Theo to investigate—and his mandate reaches straight into the legal department Elena controls.

She objects.

What begins as a professional collision quickly becomes something far more dangerous. A fabricated memorandum. A dormant administrative account created in Elena’s name. Evidence that someone inside Vardenton is engineering a scandal designed to destroy her credibility before she can uncover the truth.

As confidential information begins leaking to the press and suspicion turns toward Elena, the man professionally required to question her becomes the one person who understands the trap closing around her.

Theo respects her brilliance.
Elena distrusts his access.
Neither can ignore the attraction building beneath every argument.

Regulators are watching. Careers are at stake. And someone powerful is counting on Elena doing exactly what she always does—objecting.

To clear her name, Elena and Theo must expose a conspiracy built on privilege, boardroom power, and a lie designed to become more believable every time she fights it.

Because sometimes the most dangerous conflict isn’t between desire and duty.

It’s deciding whom to trust when both are on the record.

A smart, high-stakes corporate suspense romance featuring formidable professional leads, slow-burn tension, workplace intrigue, and explicit heat.

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