After her ratings collapse, journalist Y/N L/N is desperate for a comeback story. Billy Russo, a ruthless CEO fighting to repair his public image before landing major investors, needs the world to see him as more than a headline. So when their unexpected chemistry goes viral, his PR team proposes a fake relationship: staged dates, paparazzi shots, and carefully crafted romance for the cameras. Y/N gets her career revival. Billy gets the perfect image. But somewhere between fake kisses and late-night confessions, the line between performance and real feelings starts to disappear. And falling in love under the public eye may destroy them both.
When Detective Y/N L/N joins the NYPD’s new Cold Case Initiative, she chooses the one file everyone else avoids — a decades-old murder tangled in blood, politics, and the two men whispered about like urban legends. Men who don’t sit in city hall, but somehow own it anyway. Jigsaw and The Punisher. She’s warned to let it go. Warned that good detectives have disappeared over less. Warned that the case doesn’t stay buried without reason. But the deeper she digs, the clearer it becomes: this was never just a murder investigation. It’s a war wrapped in expensive suits, backroom deals, and violence sharp enough to gut Manhattan from the inside out. And the worst part? Billy watches her chase the truth and seems almost… interested.
Billy Russo is your best friend’s dad. After graduation, she convinces you to join her on an all paid resort trip with her father. You know he’s off limits, but after lots of longing stares, midnight beach walks, shared desserts, and a shirtless Billy on the beach, things get too hot between you.
Everyone in the company fears Billy Russo. He’s cold, impossible to please, and known for reducing executives to silence with a single look. The media calls him ruthless. His employees call him terrifying. Y/N L/N just calls him annoying. As his personal assistant, Y/N spends most of her life cleaning up Billy’s disasters: rescheduling meetings, forcing him to eat something other than coffee, and pretending she doesn’t notice the way he watches her whenever she gets too close. But after one absentminded touch — fingers straightening his tie before a meeting — something changes. Because Billy Russo, the untouchable CEO who never lets anyone near him, reacts like a man starving. And Y/N slowly realizes the truth: he isn’t cold at all. He’s lonely enough to break your heart.