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The Boardroom War

by @emmy
3 chapters
~8 min read

Ruthless CEOs Eclipse Morningstar and Luca Moretti built empires by crushing competition, not by sharing boardrooms. Now their combined teams demand a merger, forcing the two corporate titans into close quarters where every negotiation crackles with hate—and heat. When Eclipse’s sharp tongue meets Luca’s calculating gaze, their war of wills explodes into slammed desks and desperate, punishing sex that threatens to dismantle the very deal meant to unite them.

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MEET THE CHARACTERS

LM

Luca Moretti

A 34-year-old titan of industry with olive skin, jet-black hair swept back from a sharp widow's peak, and dark brown eyes that calculate everything—including the exact pressure needed to make someone crumble. Built like a man who still spars at his old gym every morning, broad shoulders straining Italian-tailored suits, hands that have broken bones and signed billion-dollar deals with equal finality. He smells of expensive cologne, espresso, and the particular arrogance of a man who's never been told no.

EM

Eclipse Morningstar

A 32-year-old force of nature who shattered every glass ceiling in corporate America—Black woman with warm mahogany skin, sharp brown eyes behind thin-rimmed glasses, and a platinum pixie cut that catches boardroom light like a warning. Her body is sculpted by years of power yoga and inherited confidence: full curves that designer dresses struggle to contain, a presence that fills rooms before she speaks. She moves like she owns every surface she touches, and she usually does.

EXPLORE CHAPTERS

1

Boardroom Collision

The glass-walled conference room on the 47th floor holds twenty chairs but only two bodies at the table—Luca at the head, Eclipse at the opposite end, her laptop open like a shield. He walks the length of the mahogany to offer his hand across her papers, and she takes it without standing, her grip firm, her thumb pressing into the web of his palm. His other hand lands on the table beside her keyboard, caging her in as he leans down. 'You look good, Morningstar. Pity about the quarterly projections.' She doesn't lean back—she tilts her chin up, lets her glasses catch the light, and holds his gaze while her free hand slides her coffee cup to the exact edge of his sleeve.

2

The Held Threshold

Eclipse catches Luca's arm in the corridor as his team files back into the conference room. 'What are you playing at, Moretti?' He doesn't answer with words—he backs her against the wall, one hand flat beside her head, the other gripping her hip through the silk of her skirt. His mouth brushes her ear. 'I want you to stop pretending you don't feel this.' His hand slides higher, fingers pressing into the heat between her legs, and she gasps—a sound she can't call back—as his thumb finds the edge of her underwear.

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Chapter 3

The next day 30 minutes before the signing Luca and eclipse get stuck in the elevator and it get heated in there and after they had sex they doors open thanks to eclipse's team to see Luca and eclipse with messy hair and Luca's pants unzipped and eclipse skirt hanging off her waist and her blouse unbuttoned showing half of her bra as her lipstick we smudged a little