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A Night with the Merciless CEO

A Night with the Merciless CEO

Romance
last updateTerakhir Diperbarui : 2026-04-18
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Bahasa: English
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Sinopsis

Fast-Paced Plot

CEO

Ruthless

Possessive

Contract Marriage

Love after Marriage

Revenge

"I sold my soul to the devil to save my life, only to find out the devil wanted my heart.” “One year. No feelings. Just a contract. When the time is up, you leave with nothing.” Alessia Gabbs was the discarded "Jewel" of the Gabbs family, drugged and sold by her stepmother to pay off her father’s gambling debts. To escape a fate worse than death, she crawls into the suite of the most dangerous man in Elyndor City — Evander Martins, the cold-blooded "Emperor" of the Martins Corporation. She thought he was her temporary shield. He thought she was just another gold-digger. But when Alessia tears up his five-million-dollar check and demands a marriage certificate instead, the game changes. Under the silk sheets and behind the closed doors of the Martins Estate, a "contract" becomes a battlefield of desire. As her enemies conspire to ruin her and ghosts from the past return to claim Evander's heart, Alessia must decide: Is she a pawn in his corporate war, or is she the only woman capable of taming the beast? He thought he bought a wife. He didn’t realize he’d met his match.

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Pretty Mom
Pretty Mom
Gabrielle is quite an intelligent woman. I don't like the way Old Master Shore acts. More please.
2026-04-16 23:26:52
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TamarauDenyefaa
TamarauDenyefaa
A strong female lead just like I love them. Author please release more chapters.
2026-04-16 23:14:06
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Chapter 1: The Night of Betrayal
The rain in Elyndor City had been relentless for three days, washing over the neon-lit skyscrapers like a shroud. Inside the gilded corridors of the Heliconia Royale Hotel, the air was thick with the scent of expensive lilies and the underlying stench of menace.Alessia Gabbs stumbled against the velvet-lined wall, her breath coming in shallow, jagged gasps. Her vision blurred, the gold-leafed wallpaper swirling into a nauseating vortex. She could feel a terrifying heat radiating from her core — a fire that didn't belong to her.That tea.Her stepmother, Bella Bridges, had been unusually kind that evening. "Drink this, Ales. It's for your nerves. Your father's debt is a heavy burden for a girl your age."Alessia had been a fool to trust her. Now she knew exactly what "paying the debt" meant.She was the currency."Where is she? Find her! President Monad is losing his patience!"The voice of her stepmother's hired thugs echoed from the end of the hallway. The heavy thud of leather shoes
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Chapter 2: The Price of a Night
The morning light in Elyndor was cold as it streaked through the windows of the Suite.Alessia stirred as consciousness returned. For a disoriented moment, she lay still, her mind assembling the room around her the way a broken mirror reassembles itself — shard by shard, nothing quite clean at the edges. White ceiling. Egyptian cotton sheets, heavy and impossibly smooth against her skin. The faint, lingering trace of cedarwood. Then memory arrived all at once, and with it, the full weight of what she had done.She sat up slowly as a sharp ache radiated through her body, reminding her of her transition from a girl to a woman.Don't feel it, she told herself, with the discipline she had perfected over years of surviving the Gabbs house. Not now. Feel it later. Think first.The suite was immaculate, as though the night had not happened at all — or as though someone had ensured it left no evidence. The curtains were drawn back, admitting the grey morning light of a Elyndor that had, at l
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Chapter 3: A House that Watches
The Shore Estate did not announce itself like other wealthy family estates. There were no marble lions at the gate. No fountains designed to intimidate. Just a long private road winding through old-growth oaks—the quiet patience of things that had existed long enough to stop proving themselves. And then, through the mist— The house. Pale stone. Dark glass. Four stories, with wings stretching outward like a monarch at rest. Immaculate. Silent. Beautiful in a way that existed beyond ostentation—where wealth had aged into something that no longer needed to perform. Gabrielle looked at it without expression. But her chest tightened, just slightly, at the sheer scale of it. This is what I've walked into. Not a temporary refuge. A fortress with its own rules, its own history, its own gravity. She had grown up in the Daniels estate—once warm, once luxurious—until debt had hollowed it out, stripping it down to its bones. She had learned to read houses the way other people read faces. T
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Chapter 4: Quiet Preparations
Dr. Harlan arrived shortly after. Gabrielle was still in the library when Sable came to inform her. A soft knock sounded. “Madam, the doctor is here.” Gabrielle closed her notebook and rose. “Lead the way.” --- A few minutes later, she was seated in one of the downstairs lounges. Dr. Harlan stood before her—a small, silver-haired man with the measured discretion of someone who had served a powerful family long enough to know that silence was part of his profession. “Good afternoon, Mrs. Shore,” he said politely. “I am the family physician. Mr. Shore has instructed me to examine and treat any injuries you may have sustained.” He gestured lightly. “If I may.” Gabrielle extended her hands without hesitation. He worked efficiently. He examined the bruising around her wrists, applied a cooling salve, and noted a few observations on his tablet. His expression remained neutral, though she could see the questions he chose not to ask.That alone made him useful, she thought. A man wh
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Chapter 5: Taking Back What Was Hers
The Daniels House Gabrielle returned to the Daniels house the next morning. She went with the Shore name—and in the Shores' car. This power... though borrowed? Power is power and should be leveraged perfectly. Sentiment had no place here. She arrived at ten. A time when her father would be out. Yara at her beauty appointment. Baraneil… at home. Exactly as she wanted. --- The house looked smaller. It always did—returning to a place you had survived. The walls shrank. The ceilings lowered. The weight it once held over you… disappeared. Gabrielle observed it without emotion. But something else was there too - a cold, quiet anger she had been carrying for days, and today it finally found its direction. Then she rang the bell. The housekeeper opened the door. His face flickered—surprise, then contempt, then something uncertain. “Good morning,” Gabrielle said calmly, stepping forward. He moved to block her. Then stopped. His gaze shifted past her—to the car outside. A black Sh
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Chapter 6: The Secrets She Inherited
She waited until midnight. By ten, the Shore Estate had settled into silence—staff withdrawn, corridors emptied, lights dimmed into a controlled stillness. Only one room remained awake — her office. Prepared exactly as she had requested—opposite the south corridor library, door secured, network isolated. Private. Unobserved. --- Gabrielle turned the lock. A soft click. Final. She placed the bag on the desk. Opened it. And reached for the rosewood box. It felt smaller than she remembered. Dark wood, edges worn smooth from years of use. The surface carried the faint polish of familiarity—of something handled often, carefully, lovingly. Her mother’s. The brass clasp was cold beneath her thumb. For a moment, she didn’t move.Seventeen. That was the last time she had held it. The week of the funeral. The day she had hidden it before Baraneil could take inventory of what didn’t belong to her. She pressed the clasp. The lid opened Inside—tissue-wrapped bundles of letters, tied wi
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Chapter 7: Old Master Shores' Test
She was still in the library when morning came. The content of the envelope had been read. The journals marked. The photographs, studied. And the small brass key—now resting in her palm—carried the quiet, undeniable weight of something that opened doors she had not yet found. --- A measured and precise knock came at exactly seven-thirty. “Good morning, Madam,” Sable’s voice filtered through the door. “I apologize for the early interruption. When and where would you prefer your breakfast?” Gabrielle closed the journal in front of her. “In thirty minutes. Dining room.” She replied after a few seconds of silence. Her voice was steady albeit slightly hoarse. --- She moved efficiently. The key disappeared into the pocket of her cardigan. The journals were stacked. The rosewood box was closed and locked. Within five minutes, it was secured in her suite. And within twenty-five minutes, she was presentable and down at the dining room. Though not rested, she could not afford to carr
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Chapter 8: A Seat at the Table
The Shore Estate did not soften at night. If anything—It sharpened. By the time evening settled fully over the grounds, the house seemed to change its nature. The lights were warm. The air was still. But beneath that calm surface lay something colder—something measured, controlled… watchful. Gabrielle stood before the mirror in her suite. She had chosen her outfit carefully. Not extravagant. Not submissive. A fitted black dress, clean in line, precise in cut. It followed her frame without drawing unnecessary attention. Elegant—but controlled. Her hair fell naturally over her shoulders. Her face was calm. Unreadable even. She wore no jewelry. No distractions. No declarations. Except—a slim watch on her wrist. And the key in her pocket. She didn’t touch it. But she felt it. Constantly. A quiet reminder that beneath everything—the polished floors, the measured conversations, the calculated silences—there was something hidden. --- A knock came at exactly eight. “Madam,” Sable’s
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Chapter 9: She Was Not a Performer
Morning light filtered through the tall windows of Shore Estate like a silent verdict—quiet, controlled, and mercilessly precise. Gabrielle was already awake. Sleep had come in jagged pieces, not from fear or doubt, but from the relentless churn of her mind. Old Master Shore’s words from dinner the night before kept circling, rearranging themselves in the dark like pieces on an invisible chessboard.Interest is not approval.You will continue it.He does not forgive betrayal. She rose at six sharp. Dressed with the same cold precision she had worn the previous night. Navy blouse. Tailored slacks. Hair pulled back tight. No announcement. No hesitation. By six-thirty she was already in the library, notebook open on the massive oak desk. The south corridor outside was still wrapped in silence. The staff hadn’t stirred yet. Only the low hum of the estate’s climate system and the soft patter of returning rain from the east broke the quiet. She didn’t write feelings. She never wro
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Chapter 10: The Unplanned Return
Night had settled over Los Angeles with a quiet, glittering indifference.From thirty-two floors above the commercial district, the city looked almost artificial—light stitched into darkness, movement reduced to patterns, noise erased by distance.Ethan Shore stood motionless at the floor-to-ceiling window of his penthouse like a silent king surveying his indifferent kingdom. He had not slept in seventy-two hours.That, in itself, was not unusual.Insomnia had been his companion since the accident four years ago—a ruthless, persistent, disciplined enemy that returned each night and left behind nothing but a residue of exhaustion he had long ago learned to conceal.Typically, it was controlled — useful as he had learned to manage it. He worked. He read. He planned. Sleeplessness, for Ethan Shore, had always been a transaction—Rest sacrificed for advantage.But the past three nights had been different. The insomnia had changed. It was no longer productive. It was… restless.And restle
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