Safe Words

Caleb, the older brother, died in the basement of Drake Group's CEO while working as a 'life secretary,' officially ruled a suicide. Theo doesn’t believe it. He fakes his identity to pass an interview and becomes the cold-blooded CEO Easton’s new contract secretary—serving coffee and handing files by day, taken to the basement for SM training by night. '31' is his safe word; saying that number stops everything. But the closer Theo gets to this dangerous man, the harder it is to tell fear from attraction: Easton knows he’s investigating secretly but has never exposed him, and even when Theo says the safe word, he always stops without hesitation. When Theo finally sneaks into the study and finds the 9.8 million cash mystery his brother left behind, the real culprit appears from the most unexpected place—Easton’s elegant childhood friend Julian, who is obsessively infatuated with Easton and systematically eliminates every secretary who’s ever gotten close. The dark room walls are plastered with hidden photos, glass jars filled with victims’ belongings. The roles of hunter and prey completely reverse, and that safe word becomes their final thread of trust.