My Ruthless Boss Wants to Marry Me

life would change forever would star

e said, her voice shaking just enough

y. The ruthless CEO of Blackwell Enterprises. The same man who managed to make the entire floor of the building feel like a pressure coo

n my gut. My heels clicked against the polished marble floor as I tried to imagine what this meeting could poss

omatically slid open as I approached, and a faint scent of expensive cologne hit my nostrils. He was there, standing by the window, looking out over t

deep voice commanding, as he di

or echoing through the room. I stood the

ed, still not facing

, trying to remain composed. It was impossible to ignore the way the tension in the ro

his expression unreadable. The man was a master of contro

a slow step toward me. "I h

going to be very good or very

ng my voice steady despite the

gaze unwaveri

nced I had mishe

s darkening with something I couldn

outh dry. "Is this

jokes, Sienna?" He didn't smile-just waited, patien

quest. The ruthless CEO, the man whose entire existence seem

ite my best efforts to keep calm. "Why w

it. "You're smart, driven, and more than capable. I need someone like you by my sid

ny was everything to him. Losing his position, his control, would be catastrophi

d, even though part of me

Your job, your career... your future here. You won't have a choice,

offer; it was a threat. A threat masked as a marriage proposal. The only thing mo

y chest. This was not how I had ever imagined my

it was the cold realization that I was trapped. Or may

ink about it," I said

move. "You've

g around me. I had no choice but to comply-or face the con

I heard him spea

Sienna. Whether yo

he empty hallway. The world outside felt like it ha

eed to a deal

fusion. Every time I closed my eyes, Damien's cold, calculating gaze filled my thoughts. He wanted me to marry him.

was, considering

k away, refuse him, and risk everything I had built. My job. My career. Everything. Or I coul

arve out a name for myself in a world dominated by men like Damien. I wasn't about to throw it all away because he decided to pull

she thought of all this, but I knew deep down, she wouldn't have the answers. She might've worked here for ye

snapping me from my thoughts

don't do anything reckless.

shady figures he owed, there was no way out without a miracle. Maybe Damien's

aded out, not even bothering to change out of my work clothes. The cool evening ai

s of the skyscrapers above me reflected the chaos inside my mind. Each step felt like

I was being cornered. My options were few, and the more I thought about it, the mo

forget that Damien Blackwell was a man of secrets, of shadows, a man who thrived on control. It was easy to forget that agreeing to this marriage

hat was the

hours to make a decision that would change the course of my life. My fingers

d dialed his number. Th

ow and steady, answer

ike he knew it was m

. "I've thought

thick, as if he was savoring the mo

" he said, his

f say before I could stop t

satisfaction in his voice as he replied, "Good. We'll finaliz

that, my fat

I could somehow undo what had just ha

e of my life. But one thing was certain-I had just made a deal w