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Captive Heart: The Dangerous CEO's Trap

Chapter 3 

Word Count: 1273    |    Released on: 13/05/2026

the phone in

eded to go back to her off-campus apartment. She needed a hot shower t

e old brick apartment building sh

eps slowed. A sleek, silver Porsche wa

y's

eaten her again. She walked past the car, entered the buildin

om her bag and slid th

The door was a

pen quietly. She stepped

ed her dead i

ning. The cheap fabric sofa was facing away from the entryway, creating a perfect blind spot. A

rd and peered through the gap in the decorative wooden d

renda had bought herself,

r. She let out a breathy laugh. "You're so

"She's just a boring bookworm. Y

as so profound, so utterly disgusting, that it bypas

d her phone out of her pocket. She opened the

bedrooms. From this concealed angle, she stood perfectly still, recording th

ain. She threw it as hard as she co

AN

e a gunshot in th

edge, his pants around his ankles, his face pale with terror. S

hind the divider. Her face

have asked your mother for an allowance," Brenda said, h

s hands were shaking. "Brenda, wait, it'

rolling down her cheeks. "Brenda, please! We coul

kitchen. She grabbed a large plastic cup, filled it to the brim with i

w the freezing water dir

ropping the pillow

ping between them. "Are yo

nd. She held up her phone, the screen stil

y apartment right now, or this video goes to the university's internal forum. Le

ut him off completely if a scandal like this broke. He grabbed

st it!" Emery yelled as they

r slamm

ent was de

contracted. She ran to the bathroom, fell to her knees in

d her face with cold water. She coul

ew days' worth of clothes and her laptop inside. She th

arage. She threw her bag into the passenger seat of

knuckles ached. A single tear escaped, hot and angry

ne and drove up the

rsection, a silver Porsche swerve

t. He ran to her window and started

ete the video! You can't do this to me!

rs. She slammed her foot on the gas pedal and jerked the ste

ecent drizzle. The Corolla'

. Brenda pumped the brak

methodically tailing her since she left the university ca

AS

lammed violently into the rear o

ad smacked against the steering wheel. A sharp, blinding pain shot throug

r vision blurri

, realized the massive trouble he had caused, and ran

ng her head. She looked up t

sive man in a black suit. He walked over to her car

with a sickening, burning pain. She pushed the door

to say, reaching for her insu

of the Maybach s

rds died in

immaculate. His slate-gray eyes locked onto her pal

gry. He looked en

d. His voice left absolu

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Captive Heart: The Dangerous CEO's Trap
Captive Heart: The Dangerous CEO's Trap
“Brenda Vincent thought her biggest nightmare was catching her boyfriend cheating with her roommate on her own sofa. But her life truly derailed after a drunken night led her into the bed of Bryon Reeves, the ruthless billionaire CEO and older brother of the student she tutored. Trying to pay off the most dangerous man in New York with a crumpled twenty-dollar bill was her first mistake. Fleeing the hotel, she accidentally rear-ended his custom Maybach. Bryon used the massive repair bill to blackmail her into being his fake date, parading her at a gala just to make his sister-in-law jealous. When Brenda finally snapped and fled the humiliation, only to be rescued by his biggest corporate rival, Bryon's twisted possessiveness turned completely destructive. "If you feel kidnapped, call the police. But your teaching license will be permanently revoked." He didn't just threaten her. He systematically dismantled her life, using his influence to force the university to freeze her tenure and suspend her without pay. Brenda couldn't understand why this terrifying man was going to such extreme lengths to ruin a simple tutor who just wanted to be left alone. Now, stripped of her career, her income, and her independence, she was forced into the sprawling Reeves Manor. Hearing the heavy mahogany door lock from the outside in her signal-jammed bedroom, Brenda's panic slowly morphed into a cold, clinical rage. She was trapped, but she refused to be his helpless pawn.”