The Ruthless Billionaire's Rare Captive Rose

Chapter 3

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trembling hands, and Alexa was too terrified to refuse when Armando appeared

of his black Bentley, the leat

was the soft hum of the engine as the city lights slid past the tinted windows. A man named Frankie Lau,

low. But his presence filled the car, a low-grade hum of power and masculinity that mad

me?" he asked, his voice

her. She looked at him, then quickly away

me under his breath, a

ust call him brother." The word was soft, imbued with all the a

the car seemed to

with the air conditioning. She risked a glance at him. His jaw was tight, h

He didn't like the wa

t of his cologne, something clean and sharp, filled her head. "Do

tion was

ice barely audible. "I

loose strand of her hair, rubbing it between his thumb and forefing

n lower, laced with a strange, possessive qu

cation felt dangerous. It felt like he was l

t the door was at her back

on his features. He wanted her to know that he was staking a claim

into his seat, the moment of intimacy

rinth of contradictions, one moment cold and d

est apartment building. It looked small and sh

It was over. "Thank you,

d for the

ve. The door

hit her. She looked

ing. "I will be here for you in the morni

another

shaking her head. "

said, cutting her off. He ga

k click

te, clumsy escape. She ran to the door of her building without looking

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“Alexa Thorne was just an eighteen-year-old girl trying to survive her wealthy friend's sweltering summer pool party. But a violent asthma attack, triggered by heavy cigar smoke, forced her to confront the man smoking it-Armando Holmes, a ruthless Wall Street billionaire and her friend's older brother. She begged him to put it out. He complied, but his cold gaze instantly shifted into a terrifying, predatory obsession. From that moment, her quiet life was over. Armando cornered her in a dark hallway, staking a terrifying claim. He forced her into his Bentley, practically kidnapping her to his secluded Hamptons estate, a gilded cage he called the Rose Manor. When he offered her a dark rose and declared his "enchantment," the sheer terror finally made Alexa run. But she tripped, tumbling down the hard stone steps, breaking her arm and severely gashing her face. Waking up in the hospital, facing the horror of a permanent, ugly scar, Alexa wept in sheer despair. She didn't understand why this dangerous, powerful man had targeted her, tearing her away from her modest life just to lock her in his terrifying grip. "I swear to you, you will not have a single scar." Armando vowed, his eyes burning with dark possession as he effortlessly dismissed her own brother's attempts to protect her. As he personally tended to her most humiliating needs with trembling hands, Alexa realized with chilling clarity: the real nightmare wasn't the fall, but the inescapable, obsessive love of the monster who had claimed her.”