Reborn From Ashes: The Obsessive CEO's Claim

Chapter 6

Word Count: 736 | Released on: 27/05/2026

antled the opposing legal team's arguments one by one, his voice a low, lethal monotone that left no roo

rom Aria's finger before she fell asleep. He'd brought it with him, a tangible piece of evidence that the last twelve

s decision final. "The deal is done. My offic

he room. "Cancel my afternoon," he said to

ut sir, your meeting wi

could have frozen mercury. "Postp

o see her, to reassure himself that she hadn't

pure dread shot through him. Leo Shaw was standing on the curb, his postur

s face grim. "There'

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guest room. The window was cracked open, a sliver of the outside world visible. He strode into the room and knelt by the h

t made him see red. And beneath the fury, an emotion he refused to acknowledge: fear. She woul

ck down the city's transport hubs. Airports, train stations, ports.

traffic camera network. I want every frame of footage fro

trip logs for every taxi, every Uber, every black car service

ssive window, staring down at

w where she is

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“My fiancé took me to an abandoned warehouse for what he called a private surprise proposal. There was no ring. Only champagne laced with drugs, my adoptive sister stepping out of the shadows, and the sound of them laughing while I collapsed at their feet. Ethan told me I had never been his choice. I was only the obedient foster daughter the family needed for a merger. Seraphina was the woman he loved. The woman he had always loved. Then he told me my brother Julian was dead because of him. A staged truck accident. A convenient tragedy. One less person standing between them and everything they wanted. By the time the truth finally sank in, the warehouse was soaked in gasoline, my body was failing, and the family I had spent my life trying to please had already buried me in their minds. So I stopped begging. I struck a lighter. If they wanted a funeral, I would give them one. The flames took the warehouse, my sister, and me with it. Then I opened my eyes. I was back in my bedroom. Seven days before the betrayal. Seven days before Ethan would try to murder me. Seven days before everyone who had used me would learn that the girl they buried had come back wrong. My phone rang. Hayes Decker. The ruthless Wall Street billionaire. The man powerful families feared, banks obeyed, and enemies disappeared beneath. The man whose obsessive marriage proposal I had once laughed off because I thought Ethan was my future. This time, I answered. His voice was cold, possessive, and dangerously calm. "Marry me, Aria." In my last life, I called him insane. In this one, I smiled. "Yes," I said. "Come get me right now." I was not running to him for love. I was choosing the only monster in New York terrifying enough to help me destroy the ones who killed me. But Hayes Decker did not want a temporary alliance. He wanted me. Body, soul, name, future. And the most dangerous part? The longer he burned the world for me, the harder it became to remember that I had only meant to use him.”