Betrayed Bride: Claimed By The Ruthless Boss

Chapter 5

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gany door, her chest heaving. She reached beh

f the patrol maids walked past

eath. She turned around t

completely different from the rotting East Wing. This room was sleek, moder

she he

ath coming from the

his side. His hands were gripping his head, his knuckles white

tep backward, aiming

the edge of a thick rug. It ma

oved with the speed

id motion. His hand reached under his

directly at the center

ds in the air. Her heart slammed

ice was a low, gravelly rasp

his face. Alyssa

rp cheekbones and piercing, cold eye

z Strickland. The ruthless, untouchable CEO of the Strickland

run from the madman straig

a frantic knock pounde

arp and panicked. "The crazy bride from t

idn't waver. He looked at her ruined wedding

ick. She saw the way he pressed hi

llable tremor in his gun hand, the dilated pupils despite the dim moonlight, and the almost imperceptible tension locking the musc

ing rapidly. "You have severe cluster migraines. And

His finger tightened s

gnoring the gun. "I was top of my

Strickland family has the best medical tea

use aggressive treatments," Alyssa said, her vo

land. You keep me out of the East Wing, and I will give y

the doorknob. "Master Jabe

his logic. He looked at the fresh blood dripping down her arm, staining

nob rattl

the door and barked, "Get lost! Who

y, sir!" Her footsteps s

and. He leaned back against the headboa

aren't lying to me. Because if you fail, I will make sur

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Gray Matter Romance

“Minutes before her wedding, Alyssa found her fiancé, Preston, tangled in the backseat of a car with her stepsister. They weren't just having an affair; they were plotting to lock her in a psychiatric ward to steal her mother's priceless legacy. Instead of crying, Alyssa walked down the aisle and broadcasted their sickening video on the massive altar screen. But her family's cruelty ran deeper. Her stepmother drugged her right in front of the elite guests, dragging her away under the guise of a mental breakdown. When Alyssa woke up, she had been sold for ten million to the infamous Strickland family to clear a debt. They locked her in a decaying room, offering her as a sacrifice to the scarred, violent "Beast" of the East Wing, who was known to tear his brides apart. Trapped in a bloodstained wedding dress, Alyssa realized her family didn't just want her committed; they wanted her tortured to death in the dark. She refused to let them win. Escaping the madman's room in the dead of night, she stumbled straight into the bedroom of his brother-the ruthless, untouchable CEO, Jabez Strickland. Staring down the barrel of his loaded gun, noticing his agonizing migraine, she made a desperate gamble for her life. "Keep me out of the East Wing, and I will give you the first painless night of sleep you've had in years."”