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Blackmailed Into The Ruthless Tycoon's Bed

Chapter 3

Word Count: 1114 | Released on: Today at 20:23

of her living room, her eyes

the cat to your apartme

ot asking. He is informing her. He has effortlessly inserted himse

hovering over the keyboard. She re

Do not bother. My f

hits

er, the text typing... appe

. She holds her breath, star

efficiency is lacking. My pe

ke a physical wall closing in on her. He is

ass. Do you always enjoy meddling i

wants to pierce that impenetrable arm

her sticker menu and sends a high

sses. Then fi

Cooke has read her message and

groans in frustration, throwing her head back against the sofa c

l clock on her microwave.

scles ache from the stress of the past hour. She tosses the phone onto the coffee table

eyes. The darkn

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phone against the glass cof

heart hammers in her th

s Gr

wer, pressing the

Green roars. His voice is so lou

away from her face. "I just decl

nic in her father's voice is palpable. "He had his assistant call my office and state that the terms nee

htens. "His schedule has nothing to do with me

to a lethal whisper. "If you do not fix this tonight, if you do not make

ches the air o

fingernails dig into the leather of the

hang

She hates her father. She hates the Cooke family. She hates the entire co

e love

h the back of her hand. She pick

e picture. It feels like she i

gers to type: I apologiz

It tastes like

grudgingly opens her GIF keyboard. She searches for 'cute

humili

creen. The clock

oo small. She curses Barron Cooke in her head. She pictures him as a wrinkle

, the phon

lunges

Cooke

s at the sing

She sacrificed her pride, she apologized, and a

all self

t do you want from me? Are you just sitting there tryin

resse

threat about the river. She presses her finger against the

delete it, hi

M in London. It is 9:30 PM

ne fr

me dif

she completely forgot New York is five hours behind. He

t creeps up her neck and covers her

late an excuse, anot

rgetic, we will use this time to establish some f

k threatening on the screen. She feels the distinct sens

you want to talk about? I don't understand

cator flashes f

ow you plan to prove to me that you a

size of saucers. The phone slips from

n my

n her head, heav

Chapter End

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Blackmailed Into The Ruthless Tycoon's Bed

Kattie Eaton Modern

“Adaline Poole thought she had escaped her family's toxic corporate grip by moving to London and adopting a stray cat named Monty. But when she returns to her empty apartment, her father delivers a chilling ultimatum: he has kidnapped the cat and will euthanize it by morning unless she accepts an arranged marriage with Barron Cooke, a notoriously elusive billionaire. Her entire family becomes complicit in her sale. Her mother demands she secure their elite status, and her brother secretly spies on her social media to feed Barron her every move. Horrified to discover Barron is a thirty-three-year-old "fossil" twelve years her senior, Adaline resorts to sabotage. She goes to a Soho club, takes a scandalous photo with a frat boy, and sends it to the old billionaire to disgust him into canceling their upcoming dinner. But her rebellion backfires horribly when the frat boy spikes her drink with a powerful narcotic. As her body burns with a terrifying, feverish heat, she collapses in a dark corridor. Stripped of her phone and betrayed by her bloodline, she is left utterly defenseless as a predator approaches to drag her away. Suddenly, the heavy fire door is kicked open by a towering, terrifyingly handsome stranger who effortlessly neutralizes her attacker. "Please... help me," Adaline begs, deliriously throwing her burning body into his arms. She has absolutely no idea that the handsome savior she is clinging to is Barron Cooke himself.”