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Y/n is young, intelligent, breathtakingly beautiful, and desperately in need of a job when she applies to become the secretary of Leone Martino, one of the richest and most powerful CEOs in the city. Leone is successful, intimidating, and fiercely protective of his eight-year-old son, Luca. After his former wife, Catherine, cheated on him—and Luca discovered the betrayal himself—Leone divorced her and gained custody of their son. Since then, Leone has struggled to trust women, while Luca has quietly wished for the one thing his father can’t give him: a mother. So when Y/n arrives for her interview and Leone is still in a meeting, neither of them expects Luca to immediately walk up to her, hug her, and happily settle into her lap. ✧༺♥༻✧ When Leone returns, he stops in the doorway and watches as Y/n effortlessly brings out a side of Luca he hasn’t seen in years. She helps him eat his vegetables, laughs with him, listens to him, and treats him like a person rather than a child who needs to be babied. Something about the scene leaves Leone completely captivated, and despite his usual distrust, he hires Y/n on the spot. After she leaves, Luca innocently tells his father that Y/n is pretty, nice, and would make a good mother. Leone should dismiss the idea, but he can’t. For the first time since Catherine’s betrayal, he doesn’t see another woman he needs to protect himself from—he sees the possibility of the family he never thought he’d have again. ༶•┈┈⛧┈♛♛┈⛧┈┈•༶