One Night With The Scheming CEO

Chapter 3

Word Count: 621 | Released on: 27/05/2026

ainst the cheap wood of her nights

ecision, declining the call, then blocki

The profile picture was a stark, almost intimidating headshot of Damien Sterli

d to go to work. The thought of facing Damien, of being in the same building, made her stomach tighten into a cold, hard knot. But she couldn't afford to lose her job. Her student loans, her rent-they all depe

last-minute meeting. Asking for

d her pace, her heels clicking a frantic, desperate rhy

ll pounding a frantic tattoo against her ribs. She squeezed into a crowded elevator just as the doors wer

e Ice King himself, Damien Sterling, brought a woman home from the gala!

ped the cold metal handrail, the steel biting into her palm, a

The woman. The humi

ring sound. The doors slid

Price and Jenna Foster. They sprang apart when they saw her, their movements t

a wide, saccharine smile. "Chloe! Honey, are you oka

st hours ago. She looked at Clayton's handsome, lying face, a face she had loved. The raw, burning heat of betraya

o form in her mind. Not with tear

in. A slow, delib

On one side, the inscrutable CEO she had to avoid at all costs. O

rformance already beginning. Her posture straightened, her gaze becomi

soft, almost vulnerable. "I'm so sorry

play the part they'd assigned her,

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“At the company gala, Chloe caught her boyfriend of two years making out with her best friend in a shadowed alcove. Heartbroken, she got blackout drunk. The next morning, she woke up wearing nothing but a man's dress shirt in a massive, sterile penthouse. The man walking out of the bathroom was Damien Sterling, the ruthless CEO of her company. Instead of firing her, he coldly assessed her and stated, "I don't make mistakes. Chloe, marry me. You are the most suitable candidate." Chloe refused, terrified of the ice-cold billionaire, and tried to focus on quietly plotting revenge against her cheating ex. But Damien wouldn't let her go. He manipulated her into accepting a career-making trip to Paris, subtly showed he knew her deepest secrets, and trapped her late at night in the empty office building. Then, the real nightmare began. The next morning, her department head found highly classified blueprints of their biggest competitor planted on her work computer. The files were downloaded late last night, exactly when she was stranded alone on the executive floor with Damien. She remembered the artisanal hot chocolate he bought her, the way he bandaged her sprained ankle, and the chilling realization that he had been secretly watching her for months. He didn't want a wife. He wanted a perfect, disposable scapegoat for corporate espionage. Staring at the fake evidence that would ruin her life and send her to prison, Chloe's blood ran cold. She wasn't just fighting her cheating ex anymore; she was at war with the most dangerous man in New York.”