**She booked nine Thursdays. She never asked for a single touch.**
At Nocturne House, Maneerin "Mali" Thanarak knows how to make anyone feel wanted—for two hours at a time. She is good at her job, knows where to draw the line, and never mistakes professional attention for love.
Then Rachaya "Raya" Vongthep walks into Room Seven.
Beautiful, impossibly wealthy, and accustomed to controlling every detail of her life, Raya books nine consecutive Thursdays with a set of unusual rules.
No gifts. No fake flirting. No contact outside their appointments.
And absolutely no touching.
For Mali, a client who respects boundaries should be easy to handle. But every quiet conversation, every honest answer, and every inch of untouched space between them makes the attraction harder to ignore.
When the clock finally stops, their feelings no longer fit inside a paid arrangement.
Yet falling in love is one thing. Learning to love without taking control is another.
Mali wants the freedom to choose her own future. Raya has spent her life believing money can solve almost anything.
Now the richest woman Mali has ever met must learn that **some things cannot be bought—and some answers are worth waiting for.**
**An adult sapphic romance featuring an ice-queen heroine, an age-gap relationship, intense slow-burn tension, explicit consensual intimacy, and a hard-earned happily ever after.**