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The Female CEO's Obsession

Chapter 5 Close Call

Word Count: 1005 | Released on: 01/03/2025

just a quick, desperate kiss, either-I wanted to take my time, to taste him, to drown in

own in the span of five seconds. A little defeated, sure, but mostly just happy. Because see

aldi. My Lea

full of hopeless, ridiculous adoration, and him, smiling at me like I'd just done him the biggest favour in the w

a's voice shattered the moment like a

roadcasting I was about to devour someone I've had my eyes on for

in my eyes, then shivered for no apparent reason and rubbed her

e w

, five minutes before it dies dramatically?' She

' I gestured l

you and Leander follow us. And don't get lost, or I won't come loo

lost would be IDEAL, actually. In fac

l person I was, I just smiled and turned to

edient and sweet

ly he

dying the unassuming little stalks with tiny spine

inkled her nose. 'I expec

it in full bloom. It's gorgeous! Like... um...' She trailed off, s

er is way prettie

o melt into the floor. His face

bloom?' Mireille

'No idea. Could

gh, I won't be here

tay a few more days!

ually a brilliant idea. If Mireill

ing regretful. 'You know I can't.

cheeks in frustratio

chievous little grin

narrowed

y Mireille can stay and see

n, waiting for

become my wife, then this will be your home, an

and instinctively shot out and

ed, hopping on one foot as she clu

ustained some tragic, life-threatening head

o around proposing marriage like it's a cleara

. 'You should take a pot of the cactus with you. That way, you

ghtly. Something about the way she looked at me sent a shiver of unease down my spine.

time in the world to play whatever game we were unknowingly caugh

verted.

ttered something under her breath

er, communicating in the wordless way that siblings did, an

. smile like that and make it impossi

a servant approached, holding Linnea's phone like

y, she took the phone, lifted it to h

oice cut through the s

early dropping her phone. Then, turning

ie synchronizatio

to her ear and let out a forced little laugh. 'Moth

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The Female CEO's Obsession

Rhiannon Romance

“At twenty-four, Annelise de Valois has the world at her feet. She's the CEO of a rapidly expanding empire. Old money flows through her veins-the kind that makes new money look like spare change. She lives in a heavily guarded château that no one can breach-no rivals, no suitors, not even paparazzi with drones. Her grandfather, a business legend, backs her. Other titans of industry admire her. Her enemies? They either grovel or disappear. Whatever she wants, she gets. A company? Snapped up. A competitor? Obliterated. A scandal? Buried before it even sees the light of day. She has everything. Except him. Leander Grimaldi. He's too young, too trusting, too fucking pure for someone like her. A five-year age gap isn't much, and the decades-old alliance between their families shouldn't even matter. The real problem is him. Leander has never known betrayal, never played the cutthroat games of high society, never learned to second-guess every word or every smile. Meanwhile, Annelise lives and breathes that world. She doesn't just play the game-she is the game. While he wanders through life unguarded, she calculates every move ten steps ahead. While he sees the best in people, she sees their weaknesses and exploits them. She should stay away. She should let him think of her as nothing more than a family friend-a big sister who looks out for him, protects him. But she doesn't. She lets herself get too close. She wants him too much. And she always gets what she wants. Even if, this time, taking it means destroying the one thing she can never buy back-his trust.”