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Secretly the Boss: A Workplace Billionaire Romance
Paperback
Series: Billionaires & Tycoons
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jan 18 2026
Pages: 360
Weight: 0.96
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
He owns the building. She thinks he's the coffee boy. One lie is about to cost them everything.
Claire Bax is the Dragon Lady of Floor 42. As the Vice President of the failing Legacy Division, she has zero patience for incompetence, excuses, or the new intern who showed up in a soaking wet hoodie. Claire is fighting a war on two fronts: a corrupt executive trying to liquidate her department, and a mountain of secret medical debt for her orphaned niece that threatens to bankrupt her. She doesn't have time for romance. She definitely doesn't have time for Sterling Watts, the charming, clumsy, and suspiciously competent intern who stares at her like she's the only woman in the world.
Sterling Watts is the heir to a billion-dollar empire. But to inherit the voting shares he needs to oust a thief from the board, he has to pass his father's test: Go undercover. Audit the failing division from the ground up. Don't use his name. Don't use his money. And absolutely, under no circumstances, get involved with the staff.
The Plan was simple: Find the rot, fire the manager, save the company. The Reality: The manager is the only person in the building who actually knows what she's doing. And she's beautiful, terrified, and fighting for her life.
Suddenly, Sterling isn't auditing Claire-he's falling for her. From late-night pizza on the office floor to illicit moments in the supply closet, the lines between Boss and Intern blur into a dangerous obsession.
But the corporate clock is ticking. When the audit is finished and the truth comes out, Sterling will have to make a choice: Reveal his identity to save her career, or keep his secret to save his legacy.
Claire thinks he's a liar with a fake watch. She's about to find out he's the man who signs her paycheck. And she might just hate him for it.
In the high-stakes world of corporate warfare, assets are protected, liabilities are cut, and love is the most dangerous investment of all.
TROPES & THEMES:
- Undercover Billionaire (The Prince and the Pauper twist)
- Office Romance / Workplace Proximity
- Reverse Power Dynamic (She's his boss... until she isn't)
- Grumpy x Sunshine (She's the stressed boss, he's the happy intern)
- Competence Kink (He falls for her work ethic)
- The Betrayal & The Grovel (He has to earn her back)
- Corporate Thriller / Suspense (High stakes, audits, and spies)
- Rich Man / Poor Woman (Stakes are real survival vs. luxury)
Secretly the Boss is a standalone contemporary romance by Alisson Bento, featuring a high-heat office affair, a ruthless takedown of corporate villains, and a Happily Ever After that will make your stock price rise.
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