All Chapters of Taming the Ruthless Billionaire: Chapter 1 - Chapter 6

Rain hammered against the windows of the Grand Royale Hotel as Serena Alvarado hurried through the lobby, clutching her small black purse against her chest.She was late.Not just late for an appointment, but late for the most important interview of her life.If she failed to secure the position, she had no idea how she would pay the hospital bills waiting on her mother's bedside table. The debt collectors had already called three times that morning. Her younger brother, Ethan, had sent her another desperate message asking whether they could afford his next semester's tuition.Serena had promised him they would find a way.She always made promises she wasn't sure she could keep."Please, God," she whispered, stepping into the elevator. "Just let one thing go right today."The elevator doors began to close.A large hand suddenly stopped them.Serena jumped as a man stepped inside.He was tall, broad-shouldered, and dressed in a perfectly tailored black suit. His white shirt was open at

Serena couldn't breathe.She stared at the message on her phone, reading every word again and again, hoping that somehow the letters would rearrange themselves into something less terrifying.Your father didn't die in an accident.For fifteen years, she had believed that her father had died when his car plunged off a mountain road during a business trip. Her mother had told her that the police found the wreckage the following morning and that there had been nothing anyone could do.Serena had been nine years old.She still remembered standing beside her mother's bed that night, asking when Daddy would come home.Her mother had cried for hours before finally holding Serena against her chest and whispering, "He's not coming back, sweetheart."Now, a stranger was telling her that everything she had believed might be a lie.And somehow, Alexander Sterling was connected to it."Serena."Alexander's voice pulled her from her thoughts.She looked up.He stood a few feet away, his expression

The gun was pointed directly at Serena's chest. For a moment, she couldn't breathe. The stranger stood at the entrance of the underground vault, his gray eyes fixed on her with a disturbing mixture of recognition and resentment. Rainwater dripped from his coat onto the stone floor. He looked like a man who had spent ten years hiding from the world—and had finally decided to stop running. Alexander stepped in front of Serena. “Lower the gun.” The stranger laughed. “You still give orders as if your father's money makes you untouchable.” “Who are you?” “You already know who I am.” “No,” Alexander answered coldly. “I know what you look like. I want to know why you're here.” The man tilted his head. “Still your father's son. Always demanding answers, never willing to ask the right questions.” Alexander's jaw tightened. “I won't ask again.” “And what will you do if I refuse? Shoot me?” The stranger raised his eyebrows. “Go ahead. You have your father's temper, but you never ha