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Undercover Heiress: The Ruthless CEO's Trap

Chapter 3

Word Count: 750 | Released on: Today at 14:54

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t as Eleonore and Bradle

leather portfolio direct

," Cherie said, her voice dripping with v

nt. People leaned in, waiting to see

at Cherie, but Eleonore reached

into Kierra's skin, a

io. The leather was warm

to the first page. It was a ske

the drawing for e

completely different. The shyness

realized where she was. She couldn't expose her expertise here. Not yet. She lowered her voice to a barely audible whisper, l

, standing aggressively close, caught the

her voice piercing the quiet room. "Did

real confrontation brewing. A few guests

closed the book, making sure not to make a sound. She

y, her voice calm and entirely devoid of the sharp edge from a moment ago. "The m

the bait. She refuse

, turning back to their champagne, dismissing Eleonore as

book back. Her chest

ushed her way through the crowd, p

, piercing whistle. B

ll velvet clutch to grab a ti

gers into the b

. Her stoma

sketching p

eeded that pen. She patted the s

pered to Bradley and Kierra. "

she had spent in the rear garden before rejoini

nswer. She turned and pushed

the hall and pushed open the heavy gla

r bare shoulders like a p

, lit only by a few dim ye

at the stone pathway, searchin

rning the corner aroun

dn't l

first into a soli

her lungs. She stumbled backward, h

, a massive hand shot

rapped around her wr

ed. She jerke

pair of eyes that were as d

tly tailored black suit that seeme

t hit her nose – sharp ced

n unlit match be

at her, his jaw

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Undercover Heiress: The Ruthless CEO's Trap

Ariel Bruckman Modern

“Eleonore was the secret apprentice of a master jeweler and the hidden heir to the Pierce family legacy. She spent two years in brutal training, hiding her immense talent from the world. But just as she was ready to step out of the shadows, her grandfather's final masterpiece-the lost symbol of her family-surfaced at an auction. Before she could even place a bid, it was bought in a private sale by Keaton Kaufman, the ruthless CEO of the Carlyle Group and her mentor's greatest enemy. Eleonore desperately tried to buy it back, offering double the price through powerful connections. Keaton coldly refused all offers. Instead, he went on live television and announced that the priceless Pierce family artifact would be used as a mere corporate carrot. "This piece will be the grand prize for our internal design competition," Keaton declared to the cameras. Eleonore's fingernails dug into her palms until they bled. He didn't care about the craftsmanship or her family's history; he was just using her grandfather's legacy as a pawn to stress-test his own employees. The wall between her and her family's heirloom was made of billions of dollars, and she had no way to break it down from the outside. So, she made a reckless decision. She deleted her elite background, stripped away her protective armor, and created a fake resume as a desperate, entry-level nobody. She clicked send on her job application to the Carlyle Group. If she couldn't buy her family's legacy back, she was going to infiltrate his empire and win it back herself.”