Pampered By The Ruthless Apex CEO

Chapter 4

Word Count: 612 | Released on: 26/05/2026

amping around her bicep like iron. He looke

at me," he drawled, his vo

ance pierced through the humiliation, burning hot. She was not

d hard against his chest, shoving herself away from him. "I don't n

e surprise flashed in his icy eyes. Her

long strides forcing her to hop and stumble to keep up. He pulled her into a bathroom-one as large as

door clicked shut behind her. He reached

water erupted from t

a brutal physical assault, a punishment both intimate and impersonal. She shiver

it dry, watching her. His expression was cold, his pos

he said, his voice easily cutting through the roar o

blow, shattering what little dignity she had left. He saw

last flames of the drug-induced heat. The chemical haze faded, and

. He was cleansing her. Eras

pised most. That path was forever closed to her. She had been playing

fusion transform into clear, sober intelligence, and t

f the bathroom, leaving he

d without looking back, his f

freezing water wash over her-washing away the drug, washing away the last of her desperate, naive hope. The shivering

began to form in her mind, forged in the cold and the humiliati

egic Capital. She would play his game, by

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Pampered By The Ruthless Apex CEO

JANICE KELLEY Modern

“Chloe woke up in an unfamiliar hotel suite, her veins burning with a chemical fire. Her gambling-addicted stepfather had drugged and sold her to a wealthy predator to cover his debts. The buyer, Ethan Carlisle, expected a submissive toy. Instead, Chloe smashed a crystal lamp over his head, jumped out a third-floor window into the freezing rain, and threw herself directly in the path of a sleek black Maybach. The man inside was Julian Carlisle, Ethan's ruthlessly cold billionaire cousin. He didn't save her out of pity; he took her purely to humiliate Ethan. Julian treated her like tainted property, forcing her into an ice-cold shower to wash off his cousin's "filth." He even nearly strangled her when she tried to bandage his injured hand. Desperate, Chloe stripped naked to prove she was completely untouched, negotiating a single chance to interview at his investment firm. But the nightmare was far from over. Furious at losing his payout, her stepfather kidnapped her critically ill mother from the care facility. "Three million dollars in three days, or accidents happen to her," he threatened. Pushed to the absolute brink, Chloe realized she was surrounded by monsters who viewed her as nothing but a pawn to be sold, used, or broken. She refused to die a victim. Dragging her bruised body to the Apex tower for her interview, Ethan cornered her in the stairwell, violently ripping her clothes. When Julian and his top executives suddenly opened the door, Chloe didn't cry for help. She looked the cold billionaire dead in the eye and weaponized his own corporate reputation against him, forcing him into a corner. She lowered herself, tried her best to seduce him, advancing step by step with calculated moves...”