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Undercover Heiress: The Ruthless CEO's Trap

Chapter 5

Word Count: 707 | Released on: Today at 14:54

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indrops slammed in

over her head, trying to protect her

around fr

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nd to pull the

e rain, sh

iling. He wasn't moving. The heavy rain was soaking into his

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er. The water was d

the umbrella was

to him that she could feel th

eavy thud of his heartbeat

physical presence. She dropped her gaze

ocked onto

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g her face closer to his chest to

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whispered to herself, completely mesmerized. "How d

nd stopped

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ning, waving her arms franticall

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the rain, leaving him standing a

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Undercover Heiress: The Ruthless CEO's Trap

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“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.”