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Beneath The CEO'S Mask

Chapter 4 Breakfast with the Beast

Word Count: 1019    |    Released on: 12/07/2025

d her sometime after dawn. She cracked one eye open, momentarily confused by the absurdly luxurious room - the floor-t

like ice water

fallen asleep curled in on herself, clutching h

here - glittering proof that her li

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r would erase the exhaustion etched into her face. Her reflection looked back at h

turned unwilling fiancée to

n, wiping stray droplets from her jaw. "Could've been a norm

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llow her whole. Probably cost more than her entire thrift-store wardrobe. She tugged it on and tied

of coffee to the open k

hirt and dark sweatpants that did absolutely nothing to soften the lethal aura he radiated like a se

he French press he was pou

Charming," she snapped, folding h

d counter toward her without l

"How do you know ho

hat infuriating way that made her want to throw

it smelled exactly right. Bitter, strong, enough to jumpstart her br

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of polished granite. She noticed the faint stubble on his jaw, the slight crease in his brow, the wa

her that

gers on the counter, "what's tod

down - an entire week's worth of schedules, events, press conferences, and

ed. "I'm supposed

not selling this to just the boardroom, Vale. We're selling it to the world. Tha

ed. "I do

irritation? - sparked in his eyes.

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s that tried to flutter when their fingers brushed. "You e

ur little performance. You'll find your debts cleared, your mother's medical bi

ated that part of her did feel a tiny flicker of relief. She'd sold

dissecting her every reaction and storing it away for late

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ats, Kane. You've bought yourself the wor

ped into her space, so close she could see the faint scar above his temple again.

the ground. But out there-" He gestured toward the skyline beyond the glass.

, his shoulder grazing hers in a deliberate,

snap something back - but

his ear, back to her. The morning sun hit him just right - highlighti

man she'd promised to ruin if he slipp

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eath, scrubbing a

hought she'd roll over and play house - he had no

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1 Chapter 1 The Perfect Night to Ruin Everything2 Chapter 2 The Price of Truth3 Chapter 3 Welcome to the Cage4 Chapter 4 Breakfast with the Beast5 Chapter 5 The Art of Pretending6 Chapter 6 Cracks in the Glass7 Chapter 7 Playing With Fire8 Chapter 8 The Closet, the Lie, and the Scar9 Chapter 9 Echoes and Eggs Benedict10 Chapter 10 The Price of Protection11 Chapter 11 One Bed, No Mercy12 Chapter 12 Lines We Don't Uncross13 Chapter 13 Shadows Between Us14 Chapter 14 The Space Between Heartbeats15 Chapter 15 A Kiss That Burns16 Chapter 16 When Shadows Speak17 Chapter 17 Into the Lion's Den18 Chapter 18 Masks and Daggers19 Chapter 19 The Knife Behind the Smile20 Chapter 20 Shadows in Silk21 Chapter 21 The Weight of a Trigger22 Chapter 22 Fractures in the Dark23 Chapter 23 Whispers in the Veins24 Chapter 24 The Edge of the Mask25 Chapter 25 Fractures in the Fire26 Chapter 26 Shadows of the Crown27 Chapter 27 The Knife Between Us28 Chapter 28 The Crown and the Cracks29 Chapter 29 The Splintered Oath30 Chapter 30 Into the Serpent's Den31 Chapter 31 The Weight of Silence32 Chapter 32 Fractures in the Crown33 Chapter 33 Shadows at the Edge of Truth34 Chapter 34 The Midnight Divide35 Chapter 35 Fractured Truths36 Chapter 36 Shattered Promises37 Chapter 37 Chains of Fire38 Chapter 38 Fractured Promises39 Chapter 39 The Knock in the Dark40 Chapter 40 The Devil at the Door41 Chapter 41 The Weight of Cracks42 Chapter 42 Fractured Vows43 Chapter 43 The Edge of Truth44 Chapter 44 A Toast to Shadows45 Chapter 45 The Shape of a Trap46 Chapter 46 The Fracture Line47 Chapter 47 The Eye in the Dark48 Chapter 48 The Trap Beneath the Crown49 Chapter 49 Into the Wolf's Den50 Chapter 50 Blood Ties, Broken Crowns51 Chapter 51 The Weight of Silence52 Chapter 52 Fractures in the Dark53 Chapter 53 Lines in the Sand54 Chapter 54 Cracks in the Glass55 Chapter 55 The Enemy in the Spotlight56 Chapter 56 Broadcast of Blood57 Chapter 57 The Weight of Ashes58 Chapter 58 The Wolves at the Table59 Chapter 59 The Summons60 Chapter 60 Shards of Glass61 Chapter 61 Veins of Betrayal62 Chapter 62 The Storm at the Door63 Chapter 63 Threads of the Web64 Chapter 64 Fractures in the Glass