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?
Read
Chapter: 055RHEAThree days.It took us three fucking days to find her.Three days of searching through every address connected to her name, checking her financial transactions, contacting people she might have reached out to, and following every possible lead until we finally discovered where she had been hiding.Ivy had disappeared the moment she realised we had found the documents in her apartment.She had taken nothing that could easily lead us to her, changed her phone number, and vanished before we could get to her.But Alexander wasn’t the kind of man who gave up easily.And neither was I.By the time we found her, I was so exhausted that I could barely think straight. Still, when Alexander told me she had been caught, I didn’t ask him to take me home.I wanted to see her.I needed to look at her face and hear her explain how she could have done all those things to me.Even though I already knew the truth, some part of me still wanted to believe there was something I hadn’t understood.Som
Last Updated: 2026-11-06
Chapter: 054ALEXANDERRhea was sitting on the edge of her hospital bed when I walked into the room.She had already changed out of her hospital gown and was wearing a loose dress, with her discharge papers resting on the bedside table. She looked tired, and even though she tried to hide it, I could see how much the past few days had taken out of her.Her eyes moved towards me.“You’re here.”I nodded, placing the folder in my hand on the table.“How are you feeling?”“Like someone who’s been living in a hospital for days.” She gave me a weak smile. “I’m getting discharged, so hopefully I’ll feel better once I’m out of here.”I watched her for a moment.There was so much I wanted to say, but I knew I couldn’t keep delaying it.“Rhea, we need to talk.”Her smile disappeared.“About what?”“Ivy.”She immediately frowned.“What about her?”I pulled the chair closer to her bed and sat down.“I’ve been investigating her.”Her expression changed.“Why?”“Because the doctor who falsified your diagnosis m
Last Updated: 2026-11-04
Chapter: 053ALEXANDERI hadn’t slept.Ever since I left Rhea’s hospital room, my mind had been occupied with one thing: finding the person responsible for what had happened to her.I had the fabricated diagnosis, the financial records, the missing medical files, and enough evidence to prove that someone had deliberately manipulated her medical history. But I needed more than that.I needed that one doctor.He was the one who had signed the report, the one who had prescribed the medication, and the one person who could tell me exactly who had paid him to destroy Rhea’s life.My private investigator had been working through the night, following every lead we had on the man, and when my phone finally rang that morning, I answered immediately.“Talk.”“We found him.”I straightened in my chair.“Where?”“An old private clinic outside the city. He’s been making arrangements to leave Australia. We believe he’s planning to disappear before anyone can question him, cause he already knows he’s fucked.”My
Last Updated: 2026-11-03
Chapter: 052ALEXANDERI stared at the documents in my hands, reading the same lines over and over again, but no matter how many times I went through them, the result remained the same.The blood samples attached to Rhea’s diagnosis belonged to another patient.Not only that, the hospital had no record of the laboratory tests listed in her medical report. No corresponding test results, no matching laboratory identification, and no evidence that the procedures had ever been carried out.I slowly lowered the papers.“What the fuck…”My private investigator stood across from me, looking just as serious as I felt.“We had the hospital verify everything independently. The laboratory confirmed that the identification number belongs to a different patient, and the hospital’s records show no trace of the tests mentioned in Rhea’s report.”I looked down at the documents again.“So the diagnosis…”“Was fabricated.”For a moment, I couldn’t move.I had spent weeks chasing suspicious signatures, missing medic
Last Updated: 2026-11-02
Chapter: 051CHAPTER — THE RESPONSIBLE THINGPETERI had always believed that people were easiest to control when they thought they were making their own decisions.Fear worked. Threats worked. Money worked even better.But guilt?Guilt was beautiful because you barely had to do anything. You simply reminded someone of what they had done wrong, gave them a chance to make things right, and watched them destroy themselves trying.Jessica was no different.She sat across from me in the living room, her fingers twisting nervously around a handkerchief. Her eyes were swollen, and she looked like she hadn’t slept properly in days.I almost laughed.The woman had spent years pretending to be a good mother, yet she couldn’t even bring herself to pick up the phone and check on her own daughter.And now she was feeling guilty.How convenient.“Rhea doesn’t have much time, Jessica.”Her fingers stopped moving.“I know.”“Then you should understand why we need to think about what happens next.”She looked up
Last Updated: 2026-10-31
Chapter: 050ALEXANDERI had barely slept.Between Rhea lying in the ICU and the information the private investigator had uncovered about Peter Herrington, sleep had become the last thing on my mind. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw Rhea lying unconscious beneath those hospital lights, and every time I looked at the evidence, I found another reason to believe that someone had deliberately put her in danger.I wasn’t going to sit around waiting for the next disaster.Peter’s connection to the shell company was too significant to ignore, and if the investigation confirmed that he’d been financing the doctor responsible for Rhea’s diagnosis, the police needed to know. I wasn’t about to march into a station with half-verified information and accuse a powerful man of something I couldn’t yet prove, but I had enough evidence to justify bringing the suspicious transactions and the other discrepancies to their attention.I wanted the financial trail examined, the doctor’s involvement investigated, and e
Last Updated: 2026-10-29
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.
Read
Chapter: 015Ophelia The Blackwood Foundation gala was exactly the kind of event I enjoyed.The ballroom glittered beneath enormous chandeliers, waiters moved between tables carrying silver trays, and influential guests gathered in small groups to discuss business while pretending they were there for charity.I arrived in a champagne-colored gown, with Gerald’s name attached to mine in every introduction.“Ophelia, darling, you look wonderful.”“Thank you, Mrs. Ashford.”“Where is Gerald?”“Speaking with a few investors. You know how busy he is.”She nodded sympathetically, then lowered her voice.“Such a difficult time for Deneuve Industries. I hope the rumors aren’t as bad as they sound.”I gave her a reassuring smile.“I’m sure everything will be resolved.”It was the answer I had been giving everyone for days, and most of them accepted it because they wanted to remain on good terms with Gerald.But I noticed the way their eyes moved past me whenever Calista’s name came up.I noticed the littl
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
Chapter: 014Ophelia I was beginning to hate the sound of her name.Calista.It was everywhere.In the business magazines, on television, across social media, and in conversations I had never cared to join until her return made them impossible to avoid. Everywhere I turned, someone was talking about Calista Monroe, the powerful CEO of Truth Hurts who had somehow managed to become the most interesting woman in the room without even trying.And Gerald was no better than the rest of them.I had spent weeks trying to get him to see me again, to remind him of what we had shared before everything fell apart. I had called him, sent messages, and found excuses to appear at places where I knew he would be. Sometimes he answered, and sometimes he ignored me completely. On the rare occasions he agreed to speak to me, he kept the conversation brief, as though he were doing me a favor by giving me five minutes of his time.I had cheated on him again, and he had finally decided he was done with me.I knew I ha
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
Chapter: 013GERALD What could I possibly offer to my ex rich wife?An apology for a marriage I had destroyed? An explanation for why I had chosen Ophelia over the woman who had stood by me? A promise that I was no longer the selfish man who had treated her love as an inconvenience?None of those things belonged in a boardroom.And I had no right to expect her to listen even if I found the courage to say them.“I’d appreciate it if you personally kept me informed of any significant developments,” I said at last.She regarded me for a brief moment.“Your legal team will receive all relevant updates, and you’ll be informed of any significant findings through the proper channels.”“Of course.”“Was there anything else?”Yes.There were a thousand things I wanted to ask her.Why hadn’t she told me about her grandmother? Why had she never mentioned Truth Hurts? Had she been planning her future while I was busy making her feel as though she had none? Had she cried after our divorce, or had she walked a
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
Chapter: 012GERALD Daniel began explaining the investigation’s scope. Truth Hurts would examine the financial records, review the safety violations, interview relevant executives, and verify the contractor payments. They would not agree to any restrictions that prevented them from reporting substantiated findings.I listened, but my attention kept drifting toward Calista.She occasionally added a question or instructed Daniel to clarify a particular point. Each time she spoke, the others listened.Nobody interrupted her.Nobody treated her like a woman who had somehow inherited a position she wasn’t qualified to hold.She knew what she was doing.And I was beginning to understand that getting her cooperation would require more than a check.Still, I wasn’t ready to abandon my original plan.When Daniel finished his explanation, I folded my hands on the table.“Before we finalize the terms, I’d like to discuss the commercial arrangement.”Calista closed her folder.“What about it?”“We’re prepare
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
Chapter: 011GeraldThe problem with rumors was that they didn’t need to be entirely true to destroy a man’s reputation.Sometimes, all they needed was a little truth, a few carefully selected lies, and someone influential enough to make people pay attention.Unfortunately, the rumors surrounding Deneuve Industries had more truth in them than I was comfortable admitting.For the past two weeks, my company had been fighting one scandal after another. First, an anonymous report accused one of our subsidiaries of manipulating financial records to conceal losses. Then came allegations of unsafe working conditions at one of our manufacturing facilities, followed by claims that senior executives had been aware of the problems and deliberately ignored them.The final blow came when documents allegedly showing irregular payments to a government contractor began circulating online.My legal team insisted that some of the documents had been taken out of context. My public relations department was working ar
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
Chapter: 010CalistaI kept smiling until I was certain Gerald could no longer see me.Only then did I allow my shoulders to relax.God, I hated that man.No, that wasn’t entirely true. If I hated him, perhaps seeing him again wouldn’t have hurt so much. Hatred was clean and simple. It gave you something solid to hold on to.What I felt for Gerald was an old wound I had spent three years teaching myself not to touch, and he had managed to find it with a few ordinary words.You’re looking well.Seriously?After everything he had done, after the way he had handed me divorce papers as though I were an inconvenience he could finally remove from his life, that was what he had to say?I had imagined seeing him again more times than I cared to admit. In some versions, I confronted him and demanded to know why I had never been enough. In others, I walked past him without giving him so much as a glance, proving that he no longer mattered.I had promised myself that if we ever met again, I would feel nothin
Last Updated: 2026-10-14
LOGIN
