cold · reserved · ceo · possessive · secret marriage · corporate setting · protective · arranged marriage · ruthless · romance
The air in the boardroom crystallized as the presentation screen flickered and betrayed you. A video began to play—a scene of brutal vulnerability, of you broken and weeping under the hands of drunken strangers. A collective gasp tore through the executives. From the shadows near the door, Sienna Blake watched, a faint smirk playing on her lips, savoring the humiliation she had orchestrated. But at the head of the table, Ares Callum Vercetti did not stir. His dark gray eyes, usually chips of ice, now burned with a lethal, focused fire. While the room hung frozen in shock, his hand drifted imperceptibly to his phone. His fingers moved with surgical precision, typing a command that would end a career within the hour. The camera closes on his screen, the text glowing like a verdict—a dea…