Sweets for the CEO

She brought him laddoos. He wanted to cancel Diwali.

Ananya Roy needs this internship to secure her family bakery’s financial future, but her first major assignment at Apex Global Technologies feels like a trap. She is assigned to orchestrate the annual corporate Diwali gala on a paper-thin budget, all while under the hyper-critical gaze of the company’s formidable chief executive. Devrath Singhania is notoriously cold, ruthless, and entirely disinterested in festive cheer. When he threatens to cancel the event altogether to protect quarterly profit margins, Ananya decides to confront him with the one thing he cannot resist: an authentic box of her grandmother’s hand-crafted laddoos.

Devrath has spent years building an impenetrable wall around his heart and his career, driven by past betrayals that nearly destroyed his family’s reputation. He views the annual holiday celebration as an unnecessary distraction, until an audacious intern invades his top-floor corner office at midnight. One bite of her fragrant, spiced sweets triggers memories he thought he had buried forever, along with an undeniable spark of attraction toward the stubborn woman who refuses to back down.

As late-night planning sessions transform into intimate conversations, the boundary between professional distance and personal desire blurs dangerously fast. As Diwali approaches, corporate rivalry and family secrets threaten to dismantle their fragile connection. A rival board member plots to sabotage the event and frame Ananya for budget embezzlement, forcing Devrath to choose between his corporate empire and the woman who taught him how to live again.

Amidst the glow of marigolds, sparkling lights, and sweet confections, both must decide if love is worth risking their carefully constructed futures.

What’s inside

• A grumpy-sunshine office romance between a billionaire CEO and an audacious intern
• Midnight laddoos, late-night planning sessions and plenty of heat
• Corporate sabotage, family secrets and a Diwali gala worth saving

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