Chained to the CEO

Chained to the CEO

Sarpomah

5.0
Comment(s)
169
View
16
Chapters

SYNOPSIS: Mr. Boateng -youngest self-made billionaire CEO, and his rules are strict: no mistakes, no excuses, and no emotions attached . Vernissa Cole never imagined her dream job would come with a chain-one that kept her at the mercy of her cold, demanding boss. But everything changed when a dinner night turns into a night neither of them can forget. As their passion ignites behind office doors, secrets from Vernissa's past threaten to unravel everything. Will she remain just another employee in his empire-or become the woman who breaks through his walls?.

Chapter 1 The Ice Boss

The elevator dinged softly as it reached the top floor of Boateng Holdings. Vernissa clutched her slim black folder tighter, her freshly polished nails digging into the faux leather. Her heels clicked nervously against the marble floor as she stepped out, greeted everyone instantly by the sterile chill of air conditioning and an eerie silence.

Everything looked expensive-too expensive. From the velvet grey walls to the glass office panels and chrome details, it screamed power. And somewhere at the end of that hallway was him-Kwame Boateng, the man they called the Ice Boss.

"Don't let the silence fool you," the HR lady had warned. "He's sharp, observant, and doesn't tolerate mistakes. Be early. Be efficient. Be invisible."

Invisible she said;

That word had stuck with Vernissa since her final interview. She had prepared for this job like her life depended on it, because in a way-it did. She needed the money. She needed the new beginning. But most of all, she needed to prove to herself that she was no longer the scared girl who took whatever was handed to her.

Straightening her blouse, she knocked once on the glass door labeled "CEO."

"Enter," came the voice-low and clipped.

She opened the door and stepped in. The office was more intimidating than she'd imagined. Floor-to-ceiling windows offered a sweeping view of the city skyline. The sun cast long shadows across a minimalist desk behind which sat the man himself.

He didn't look up. His eyes were glued to a file in front of him, fingers flipping pages quickly, like time owed him something.

"I'm Vernissa," she said softly, someway panicking ,clearing her throat. "Your new personal assistant."

Still no glance.

"You're late," he said.

She blinked, stunned. "Sir, it's 7:58-"

"I expected you at 7:45. My time starts before 8. If you're not early, you're late."

She swallowed her pride and nodded. "Noted."

"Sit. You have three minutes to brief me on today's schedule."

She sat on the edge of the chair, fumbling slightly with her folder, then caught herself. No. Not today. She'd rehearsed this.

"8:30, finance check-in with Director Mensah. 10:00, conference call with the Tokyo investors. Lunch at 12:15 with Mr. Lartey from Accra Bank-confirmed this morning. Your afternoon is blocked for internal reviews and the legal team's update. You also have-"

He finally looked up.

His eyes were sharp, almost silver in the morning light. His face was carved like a statue-elegant and cold. And yet, something about his gaze made her pulse race.

"You're not as shaky as the others," he said bluntly.

"I came prepared."

"We'll see how long that lasts."

He stood, buttoned his navy suit, and walked past her without another word. She scrambled to follow, heart hammering. Was that approval? A warning? She couldn't tell.

By midday, she had already

Delivered two lattes (the first too sweet, the second "barely acceptable").

Missed a call from the legal team (the intern hadn't passed it on).

Been told twice not to breathe so loudly near his office.

And yet, Vernissa stayed calm and was never worried.

Even when a senior executive spilled coffee on her blouse and barked at her to "know her place," she held her tongue.

This was not a job for the weak. But she wasn't weak anymore.

At 6:45 p.m., the building was mostly empty. Vernissa sat quietly in her corner desk outside the CEO's office, eyes heavy but fingers still typing. Mr. Boateng stepped out, briefcase in hand. He paused when he saw her.

"You're still here?"

"You said not to leave until the Tokyo report was ready. I was just about to email it."

He tilted his head. Studied her. "Most assistants quit before sunset."

"I'm not most assistants."

A beat passed between them.

"You made three errors today," he said. "Tomorrow, make none."

Then, without another word, he left.

Vernissa exhaled.

Day one-survived.

But deep down, something told her this man wasn't just ice. No... there was fire beneath that calm exterior. And one wrong move could burn her entire world.

Continue Reading

You'll also like

The Sterling Scandal: Married To The Uncle

The Sterling Scandal: Married To The Uncle

C.D
5.0

I was at my own engagement party at the Sterling estate when the world started tilting. Victoria Sterling, my future mother-in-law, smiled coldly as she watched me struggle with a cup of tea that had been drugged to ruin me. Before I could find my fiancé, Ryan, a waiter dragged me into the forbidden West Wing and locked me in a room with Julian Sterling, the family’s "fallen titan" who had been confined to a wheelchair for years. The door burst open to a frenzy of camera flashes and theatrical screams. Victoria framed me as a seductress caught in the act, and Ryan didn't even try to listen to my pleas, calling me "cheap leftovers" before walking away with his pregnant mistress. When I turned to my own family for help, my father signed a document severing our relationship for a five-million-dollar payout from Julian. They traded me like a commodity without a second thought. I didn't understand why my own parents were so eager to sell me, or how Ryan could look at me with such disgust after promising me forever. I was a sacrifice, a pawn used to protect the family's offshore accounts, and I couldn't fathom how every person I loved had a price tag for my destruction. With nowhere left to go, I married Julian in a bleak ceremony at City Hall. He slid a heavy diamond onto my finger and whispered, "We have a war to start." That night, inside his secret penthouse, I watched the paralyzed man stand up from his wheelchair and activate a screen filled with the Sterling family's darkest secrets. The execution had officially begun.

The $300 Husband Is A Zillionaire

The $300 Husband Is A Zillionaire

Nap Regazzini
4.6

I woke up in a blindingly white hotel penthouse with a throbbing headache and the taste of betrayal in my mouth. The last thing I remembered was my stepsister, Cathie, handing me a flute of champagne at the charity gala with a smile that didn't reach her eyes. Now, a tall, dangerously handsome man walked out of the bathroom with a towel around his hips. On the nightstand sat a stack of hundred-dollar bills. My stepmother had finally done it—she drugged me and staged a scandal with a hired escort to destroy my reputation and my future. "Aisha! Is it true you spent the night with a gigolo?" The shouts of a dozen reporters echoed through the heavy oak door as camera flashes exploded through the peephole. My phone lit up with messages showing my bank accounts were already frozen. My father was invoking the 'morality clause' in my mother’s trust fund, and my fiancé had already released a statement dumping me to marry my stepsister instead. I was trapped, penniless, and being hunted by the press for a scandal I hadn't even participated in. My own family had sold me out for a payday, and the man standing in front of me was the only witness who could prove I was innocent—or finish me off for good. I didn't have time to cry. According to the fine print of the trust, I had thirty days to prove my "rehabilitation" through a legal marriage or I would lose everything. I tracked the man down to a coffee shop the next morning, watching him take a thick envelope of cash from a wealthy older woman. I sat across from him and slid a napkin with a $50,000 figure written on it. "I need a husband. Legal, paper-signed, and convincing." He looked at the number, then at me, a slow, crooked smile spreading across his face. I thought I was hiring a desperate gigolo to save my inheritance. I had no idea I was actually proposing to Dominic Fields, the reclusive billionaire shark who was currently planning a hostile takeover of my father’s entire empire.

Jilted Bride's Revenge: The Valkyrie Awakens

Jilted Bride's Revenge: The Valkyrie Awakens

Gujian Qitan
5.0

I had been a wife for exactly six hours when I woke up to the sound of my husband’s heavy breathing. In the dim moonlight of our bridal suite, I watched Hardin, the man I had adored for years, intertwined with my sister Carissa on the chaise lounge. The betrayal didn't come with an apology. Hardin stood up, unashamed, and sneered at me. "You're awake? Get out, you frumpy mute." Carissa huddled under a throw, her fake tears already welling up as she played the victim. They didn't just want me gone; they wanted me erased to protect their reputations. When I refused to move, my world collapsed. My father didn't offer a shoulder to cry on; he threatened to have me committed to a mental asylum to save his business merger. "You're a disgrace," he bellowed, while the guards stood ready to drag me away. They had spent my life treating me like a stuttering, submissive pawn, and now they were done with me. I felt a blinding pain in my skull, a fracture that should have broken me. But instead of tears, something dormant and lethal flickered to life. The terrified girl who walked down the aisle earlier that day simply ceased to exist. In her place, a clinical system—the Valkyrie Protocol—booted up. My racing heart plummeted to a steady sixty beats per minute. I didn't scream. I stood up, my spine straightening for the first time in twenty years, and looked at Hardin with the detachment of a surgeon looking at a tumor. "Correction," I said, my voice stripped of its stutter. "You're in my light." By dawn, I had drained my father's accounts, vanished into a storm, and found a bleeding Crown Prince in a hidden safehouse. They thought they had broken a mute girl. They didn't realize they had just activated their own destruction.

Chapters
Read Now
Download Book