Pampered By The Ruthless Apex CEO

Chapter 9

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hushed, reverent silence that spoke of immense power and wealth. Chloe's reflection in the gleaming walls looked small and out of pl

ith a perfectly sculpted, indifferent expression

ayed she would never hear again s

ook what the c

e taped clumsily to the side of his head. His eyes, when they met he

ping down on her arm in a bruising grip. Ignoring the receptionist's start

lunging them into the sterile, echoi

he concrete wall. The impact

breath sour with the smell of stale coffee. "Did you fuck my cousin to get i

ding the fear. "Who I sleep with," she said, her voice shaking but laced wit

slap cracked across her cheek, snapping her head to the side. The

e brought her knee up,

s second. Chloe twisted away and ran for the door, but he recovered with surprising speed, fuele

so tightly flew from her hands, its contents scattering across the dusty flo

them, her fingers closing

g her own face on the photograph into the dirty concrete.

lk in here?" he snarled. "

er dress and ripping it open. The sound o

room, the feeling of being trapped, powerless. She fought back, kicking and scratch

and fumbling with the buttons of her

and suffocating, c

the skin of her chest, the heavy ste

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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...”