A night with the rival ceo
Life gave her six months to live, but her entire life falls apart in a single day.
Rhea lancaster, a talented architect, is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor and only has six months before her life is over. Before she could process the devastating news, her career hit rock bottom, the health center she spent years designing, mysteriously collapsed, leaving workers injured, completely ruining her career.
As if that wasn't enough, her step father abandoned her. Her mother couldn't care about her, and her step sister thought it was a good idea to have sex with Rhea's boyfriend.
Broken, desperate, and drowning in grief, she spends one reckless night with a breathtaking stranger she meets at a hotel bar. The next morning, she discovers the stranger is none other than Alexander Sinclair, the billionaire CEO of her family's biggest rival company and the man who has competed against her for years.
What would Rhea do when she is presented with an offer she can't refuse?
Would she be able to raise her career back to the way it was before?
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Chapter: 005RheaI slowly opened my eyes, my eyelids feeling unbearably heavy.The first thing I noticed was how soft the mattress beneath me felt.Warm.Comfortable.Safe.For a brief moment, I simply stared at the ceiling, trying to gather my thoughts.Where am I?My mind felt sluggish, as though it had been wrapped in thick fog.I slowly pushed myself into a sitting position and looked around the room.My bedroom.I let out a quiet breath.I made it home…The last thing I remembered was desperately searching for my flash drive before everything went black.The room door opened.Ivy walked in carrying a steaming cup.The moment our eyes met, relief washed over her face.“Thank goodness you’re awake.”She hurried over and sat beside me on the bed.“What happened?” I asked, accepting the warm cup of milk from her.“I should be asking you that.”She frowned.“I walked in and found my best friend unconscious on the floor.”Guilt crept into my chest.I made her worry again.I lowered my gaze to the
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Chapter: 004Rhea“Running away?” Alec asked.I swallowed hard, my fingers instinctively tightening around the strap of my handbag.What on earth am I supposed to say?After everything that happened last night, every word I could think of sounded stupid.“No…” I finally answered, though even I could hear how forced and hoarse my voice sounded.“Good. Have a seat.”He gestured toward the couch.I pressed my lips together.If the ground could just split open and swallow me whole, I’d gladly let it.Anything was better than standing here, facing the man I’d had a one-night stand with.Alec calmly walked over and sat down while I remained frozen for a second.Breathe, Rhea.You didn’t commit a crime.It was one reckless night.You’ll tell him it meant nothing, and that’ll be the end of it.With that thought, I slowly walked over and sat opposite him.“Listen…” I began, only to realize he was giving me his full attention.For some reason, that made me even more nervous.“What happened last night was a
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Chapter: 003RheaI don't know if it's the drink messing with my head, or I have truly gone crazy but I wanted to know how this man tasted and how he felt about me.I've lost everything already... I can at least get that... right?"You're just drunk and don't know what you're saying, I would pretend I didn't hear that," He replied, removing my hand from his.I frowned hard, and the rejection hit me like a wave. Is he saying I am not worthy enough for him?Have I really fallen that low, I won’t let myself be rejected like this.I rushed in front of him, blocking his part. "How can you reject a pretty lady such as myself," I asked, pouting.He leaned towards me, his face really close to mine. "Do you know what you're asking for?" He asked me.I raised my face closer to his, our nose touching slightly. "Yes, have sex with me, Mr. Handsome," I smiled at him, and he chuckled."Don't cry when you realize what you asked for," he told me and claimed my lips.Fuck, he tasted sweater than any candy I have e
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Chapter: 002Rhea"Ahh fuck.... deeper Darius, I'm about to cum," Mira moaned shamelessly as Darius took her from behind."You feel so damn good..." Daruis groaned in response, his duck sliding in and out of her rapidly."Oh... my God.... Fuck!" Mira screamed in pleasure."What in the actual fuck is going on here?" I screamed at both of them.They turned towards me in surprise, it's obvious they weren't expecting me."Rhea," Daruis called, pulling out of Mira, who frowned."What the fuck is going on here?" I screamed louder."Oh please... don't ruin my ears," Mira rolled her eyes. "You act like you didn't expect this," she scoffed."What do you mean?" I gritted my teeth, my brain is foggy at the moment, and my vision blurred a little."All you do is work. We barely had time for sex or even go on dates, I had to find someone to fill in that space since you were so busy," Daruis spoke up.I couldn't even find the right words to express what I felt at the moment."If you love your job so much, why wo
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Chapter: 001Chapter 1RheaI would be dead in six months.The words echoed relentlessly inside my head as I stared at the hospital report in my trembling hands.Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor.I couldn’t stop reading those words, as if looking at them long enough would somehow make them disappear.That explained the constant headaches, the dizzy spells, the fatigue that never seemed to go away, the sleepless nights, and the blurry vision I kept blaming on stress.So this is what all those sleepless nights cost me.I had spent years surviving on sleeping pills, endless cups of coffee, and impossible deadlines, believing hard work would build the future I dreamed of.Instead…It had brought me here.Six months.That was all I had left.A bitter laugh almost escaped me.Twenty-seven years old.I haven’t even lived yet.My hands shook as I stuffed the report into my handbag before pulling out my phone. My chest felt unbearably tight, as though I couldn’t breathe.I hadn’t checked my phone s
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His regret started after I left
For three years, Calista Monroe played the perfect wife in a marriage that was never meant to last.
Cold, distant and bound by a contract, Gerald Deneuve was never supposed to love her. Yet in the quiet moments, the way he remembered her medicine, the way he adjusted his schedule around her and silently cared, Calista believed she had become something more than an obligation.
That's until the day he placed divorce papers in front of her because his ex had returned.
Heartbroken, Calista walks away without a fight only to rise again as a woman no one can touch. What Gerald never expected was that the wife he discarded would become the one person he could never have again.
Now as truths unfold and past lies come to light, Gerald is forced to confront the devastating reality that he didn't lose her when she signed the papers, he lost her when she loved him the most.
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Chapter: 004Gerald’s POVShe actually left.No argument.No tears.No accusations.She didn’t even ask me to reconsider.She simply signed the papers, packed her things, and walked out of the house we’d shared for three years as though she had already accepted that I was no longer part of her life.I stood there long after the front door closed.The silence that followed was strange.Too sudden.Too complete.For three years, there had always been some evidence of Calista in this house. Her footsteps on the stairs. The sound of dishes in the kitchen. Her music playing somewhere in the background. The occasional laugh when she found something amusing and assumed I was interested enough to listen.Now there was nothing.I looked down at the divorce papers in my hand.Signed.Final.Free.That was what I had wanted.Wasn’t it?I had spent the past few days thinking about Ophelia, about everything we’d once been, about the years we’d lost because of what happened between us.And now Calista was gone.
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Chapter: 003Calista’s POVThe next few days had been unbearable.I got to see Ophelia often at our house, and even on the days she didn’t drop by, I knew Gerald had gone out to see her.I refused to think about where I had gone wrong these past three years. I refused to wonder whether things would’ve been different if I’d known about Ophelia from the beginning. Maybe I would’ve protected my heart. Maybe I would’ve reminded myself that this marriage had an expiration date.Maybe I would’ve never fallen in love with him.But there was no point thinking about any of that now.I had spent three years trying to turn a contract into a marriage, and apparently, I’d been the only one trying.So I promised myself I would go on with my life as though nothing had happened.At least, I would try.I arranged breakfast on a tray, watching steam rise from the hot cup of coffee before letting out a slow breath.“If only things were different…” I found myself muttering.My fingers tightened around the edge of the
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Chapter: 002Calista's POV The second I heard the voice of that woman in there laughing with Gerald, my husband, my heart sunk to my stomach and anger roiled in my chest.I didn't care if he wanted to sleep around, but he could at least have the decency to do it secretly, not here where all his workers can see and hear all that's going on because soon they'll tell a friend who would tell a friend and before you know what's happening, it's all over the internet. He definitely didn't want that because he's told me a million times and his dad had told me ten million times.“You'll tell my husband that I want to see him right now. Since he has no shame to be doing whatever he's doing in there.” I snapped at the guy that was standing in front of my face, trying to block me from going on. “And I'm going in there, no matter how it takes. I'll either go around you or go through you, and you'll be very surprised at how strong I am, darling.” I palmed his cheek, giving him a smile I hoped was scary enough.
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Chapter: 001Calista's POV Today was just like every other day for me. I woke up early, cleaned the house, did the dishes, and now, I was making breakfast so that it'd be ready for when Gerald woke up. I knew I couldn't wake him, so I just guessed what he would like to have, and that ended as bacon, toast and eggs and maybe a cup of coffee.I was about to go brew some coffee when a set of footsteps coming down the stairs drew my attention. I knew it was Gerald because obviously we're the only two living in this massive house, but usually he sleeps in so it was pretty surprising seeing him awake by this time.“Gerald? Is everything okay? You're up pretty early.” I forced a chuckle. “That's good.”He just brushed past me like I was invisible, opened the fridge, grabbed a bottle of water and slammed it back shut before turning to go back upstairs, not bothering to say a single word to me.I didn't even know when I muttered to myself. “Well, what did I expect?” But truly, what did I expect? We were
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