Sugar Daddy Bitter Coffee

He manages a two-hundred-million-dollar portfolio, but I'm his favorite problem to solve.

Twenty-two hours a week at fourteen dollars an hour. That’s all barista Noah Park has to survive. When a cryptic, impossibly wealthy stranger leaves a hundred-dollar tip and a blank business card on the café counter, Noah knows it's a trap. But with past-due notices stacking up and his family relying on him, he takes the bait.

Elias Crane is cold, precise, and tracks everything in his life on spreadsheets. He also happens to own the holding company that owns Noah’s café. He doesn't want to hire Noah; he wants a private arrangement. Four thousand dollars a month for his time, his honesty, and his absolute exclusivity.

It’s supposed to be a clean, structured transaction with strict rules and safe words. But Elias’s clinical need for control masks a dangerous, intoxicating possessiveness. When the boundaries blur and the careful architecture of Elias's world starts to crack, they both realize they are falling for something that can't be quantified on a balance sheet.