《Bound to the Ruthless CEO》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 5 章

Rachel’s POVThe first thing I heard that morning was laughter, it was soft, warm, and happy..It floated through the mansion walls like a cruel reminder that happiness still existed for everyone except me.I opened my eyes slowly, staring at the cracked white ceiling above my bed while rain tapped gently against the bedroom windows. For a moment, I stayed still beneath the blanket, pretending I was somewhere else, anywhere but here.The Raphael mansion was massive. Expensive chandeliers, marble floors, gold decorations, everything screamed wealth and power. But my room looked nothing like the rest of the house.It sat at the far end of the third floor like a forgotten storage space someone suddenly remembered to place a human being inside. Small bed. Small closet. Faded walls.Clarissa said it suited me. I swallowed the bitterness in my throat and pushed myself up slowly.Another burst of laughter echoed from downstairs, it was Elena laughter, she was probably showing off another exp

Rachel's POVThe morning arrived quietly over the Raphael mansion, wrapped in gray skies and lingering rain. I opened my eyes slowly, exhaustion sitting heavily in my chest, I had barely slept. Every time I closed her eyes, I heard her father’s voice again. “You will marry Matthew Kane.”The words felt less like a sentence and more like chains tightening around her throat.For several moments, I simply stared at the ceiling above my bed, listening to the faint sound of rainwater sliding against the windows. The mansion was unusually silent today, no laughter from Elena, no sharp commands from Clarissa.I slowly turned my head toward the bedside table, the black card still rested there. “Matthew Kane accepts.”A cold feeling crawled through my stomach instantly, I grabbed the card quickly and shoved it into the drawer beside my bed as if hiding it would somehow make everything disappear, but nothing disappeared in this house. Pain only waited patiently until it found you again.I sat

Rachel’s POVThe moment I stepped into Racheal Enterprises, I knew something was wrong, the lobby was polished and luxurious, gleaming marble floors, crystal lighting hanging from the high ceilings. The employees moving through the building in tailored suits while soft instrumental music drifted through hidden speakers. But the atmosphere was different, conversations stopped when I walked through the revolving glass doors, several employees standing near the reception desk glanced toward me before looking away. A woman carrying coffee nearly bumped into someone because she was staring at me. There was whispers everywhere I go. “That’s her…” “I heard the rumors are true.” “They said she’s connected to Kane’s people.” My heels echoed across the marble floor, near the elevators, two young women suddenly stepped aside in fear the moment I approached. Inside the executive elevator, there was silence nobody looked at me directly. I just stared ahead until a movement on a phone beside me