INICIAR SESIÓNHe’s her arrogant boss. She’s his biggest headache. Neither expected to become family... or to fall this hard. Stella Blake is on a mission—climb the corporate ladder, crush her goals, and definitely not fall for the insufferable CEO standing in her way. Rhysand King is cold, controlling, and the kind of man who doesn’t take “no” for an answer—especially not from the fiery new exec shaking up his boardroom. But when a high-stakes merger throws them into close quarters—and an even bigger bombshell reveals their parents are about to say “I do”—their sizzling power struggle turns dangerously intimate. She can’t stand him. He doesn’t trust her. Too bad forbidden has never felt so right. Office tension turns into stolen kisses. Family dinners turn into secret glances. And just when they think it couldn’t get more complicated—secrets unravel, and hearts are put on the line. Enemies. Step-siblings. Lovers? In this scandalously addictive grumpy boss, enemies-to-lovers romance, get ready for boardroom battles, slow-burn heat, and a forbidden love story that breaks all the rules. One bed. Zero boundaries. And absolutely no chance of coming out unscathed.
Ver másRhysand's POVThe headlines were relentless."CEO Rhysand Warner in Relationship With Stepsister Bridgette Hayes—Scandal or Love Story?""Forbidden Love Wins: Investors React to Corporate Royalty Romance."It didn't matter where I turned. Newspapers, blogs, press releases, and social media platforms all carried our story.Some treated it like a tragic soap opera. Others labeled it revolutionary. Either way, our names were on every screen, in every tabloid—and I'd never been prouder to have Bridgette's name beside mine.Aaron had kept his word; he'd stepped up for me during the time I had gone chasing Bridgette, but the moment I arrived, he stepped down.After making sure we were both happy, he and Margaret stayed for the announcement of our relationship before heading off on a 90-day cruise around the world."You had your vacation with your boo; it's time I had mine," Aaron had grumbled when I demanded he stay a bit longer."Besides, you have Bridgette by your side. The company is in
Bridgette's POVRhysand acted like a cactus—prickly, persistent, and impossible to ignore.No matter how many times I pushed him away, no matter how harsh my words or how cold my expression, he kept coming back. Like a desert bloom chasing sunlight, he seemed to thrive on my rejections.I had no idea how he'd found me, but it probably had to do with my mother and Aaron.I'd seen their missed calls, but I'd been too swamped with sightseeing to notice, and when I had, it had been too late.Rhysand had arrived, staying opposite my room. As though by magic, he matched his itinerary to mine. His presence was ever-present wherever I went. At first, I found him annoying, but slowly, past feelings began to grow.I knew I'd told myself never to give in to him, to let my heart decide, but his steady begging slowly eroded through my walled-up emotions.I even lied—told him I was seeing someone else. I invented a fictional man on the spot at a café when he showed up uninvited, yet again. But Rhys
Aaron's POVI sat at the edge of my desk, fingers clenched so tightly they turned white. The air in my study had grown heavier since Rhysand dropped that bomb. My son. In love with Bridgette. My stepdaughter. His stepsister.What kind of madness was this?I couldn't even meet Margaret's eyes when she stormed into the room earlier demanding we talk to him. I knew she was right, but I needed a moment—just a moment—to make sense of it all. I never imagined this even in my wildest, most twisted dreams.Bridgette had been with us for years. I'd watched her grow, watched her blossom, and I took pride in being her father. A father. Not just by marriage. I treated her like my own blood.So to hear that my son had crossed that boundary, I couldn't breathe.I finally looked up when Rhysand walked into the room. He wasn't his usual confident self. His shoulders were slouched, his eyes distant. It was like he had aged in the span of a few days. But that didn't soften me."Sit," I ordered, my voic
Rhysand's POVI slammed the front door harder than I meant to, the echo ricocheting off the walls of the mansion like a warning bell. My heart was thudding, not from the long drive home, but from the cold words Bridgette had thrown at me right before she disappeared—"I've submitted my resignation."I hadn't believed it at first. Not fully. Bridgette could be impulsive, yes, but this wasn't some childish tantrum—this was serious. Too serious. And the fact that she hadn't even looked back as she walked out of that building made it all too real.I stormed into the living room and found both my parents seated on the couch—Dad with a paper in hand and Mom sipping on her late evening tea like it was just another peaceful day in our lives."She resigned," I blurted, my voice raw with disbelief. "Bridgette resigned."Dad's gaze flicked up from the paper, calm as ever. "Yes. We know."My breath hitched. "You what?"Margaret placed her teacup down with infuriating grace and gave me a small smil






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