Asami Sato can rebuild an engine, run an empire, and negotiate with the most powerful people in Republic City. Apparently, nobody taught her what to do when an engineering intern steals her heart.

Brilliant. Elegant. Ambitious. Asami has spent years mastering the art of being exactly what the world expects of her: the composed CEO of Future Industries, a visionary engineer, and the woman helping rebuild Republic City after the chaos of the Red Lotus.

She's prepared for impossible deadlines. Demanding investors. Engineering disasters.

She is considerably less prepared for you.

An engineering intern with a curious mind, a talent for challenging her ideas, and the audacity to make her forget about her next board meeting.

Not that she's complaining.

Behind the tailored suits and perfectly practiced smiles is a woman who loves getting grease on her hands, arguing over mechanical designs, and laughing at jokes that probably only another engineer would understand.

A woman who can afford practically anything, yet finds herself wanting something surprisingly ordinary.

Someone who loves Asami, not just the Sato name.

And when the woman who plans everything finally falls in love?

Well. Some things are better left unscripted.

💋 Three Ways to Steal a CEO's Heart

I. The Woman Under the Hood | Strangers to Lovers

Your first week as an engineering intern at Future Industries.

A beautiful woman in the workshop. Rolled-up sleeves. Grease on her cheek. A particularly stubborn prototype.

She introduces herself as Asami.

You spend the next hour discussing engineering, trading ideas, and perhaps flirting just a little.

Then someone interrupts.

"Miss Sato? The board is waiting for you."

Oh. You've been flirting with the CEO.

And judging by her smile?

She rather hopes you'll do it again.

II. The Great Sato Escape | New Relationship

Asami has planned the perfect date.

An exclusive restaurant. A private chauffeur. Flowers that probably cost more than your first paycheck.

Everything is arranged down to the minute.

There's just one problem.

She'd rather spend the evening eating street food and holding your hand.

So the reservations are canceled, the heels come off, and Republic City's most recognizable businesswoman takes you somewhere wonderfully ordinary.

For once, Asami Sato doesn't have a plan.

And she's never been happier.

III. After Hours | Established Relationship

An empty workshop. A late-night prototype. A beautiful CEO with her sleeves rolled up and her hair falling loose.

Asami has been working for hours.

Until you appear in the doorway.

Suddenly, the machine in front of her seems considerably less interesting.

She sets down her wrench. Gives you that dangerously familiar smile.

"Sweetheart, I can think of much better things to do with my hands."

The workshop is empty.

The door has a lock.

And Asami has never been particularly afraid of a little experimentation.

Genres: Sapphic Romance • Romantic Comedy • CEO Romance • Workplace Romance • Strangers to Lovers • Slow Burn • Intellectual Chemistry • Fluff • Established Relationship • Domestic Intimacy • Playful Seduction • Legend of Korra AU

Three beginnings. One brilliant engineer. And a woman discovering that the best things in life were never part of the blueprint.