Note: This is a companion novella to Professionally Unprofessional from Ben's Point of View.

The other side of the chaos, control, and completely unplanned love story.

Benjamin Maddox has everything under control—his firm, his future, and his finely tailored life. As the youngest partner at one of Chicago's most prestigious financial firms, Ben lives by one rule: feelings complicate the bottom line. But all that control unravels the moment Lexie Phillips stumbles into his office building with a chaotic energy and a mouth that doesn't know when to quit.

Their fake engagement was supposed to be strategic. A polished illusion to help land a multimillion-dollar client. But the longer Ben plays the role of Lexie's fiancé, the more the lines blur—and the harder it becomes to remember where the performance ends and the truth begins.

From awkward elevator run-ins to tequila-fueled confessions, Ben is forced to confront the emotions he's spent a lifetime avoiding. Lexie challenges his every instinct—and makes him want more than just professional success. She makes him want her.

But when secrets, exes, and Lexie's fear of vulnerability collide with Ben's own emotional blind spots, their carefully built façade comes crashing down. To win her back, Ben will have to risk the one thing he's never risked before—his heart.

Told entirely from Ben's perspective as it dives into the mind of the man behind the suit, exposing the insecurities, passion, and quiet longing beneath his polished surface. Get ready to fall in love with Ben Maddox all over again.