Lahat ng Kabanata ng Just Before My Wedding: Trapped By My Ruthless Boss: Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

KISAREL.I still heard his cold voice in my head as I stepped out of the taxi."Get your ass back here in two hours, if you want to keep your new position."Mr. Oceans Stark’s words had a way of following me even in my sleep, like they were branded into my skin. Cold, merciless, and ruthless... Getting promoted from a receptionist to his personal assistant felt less like climbing the ladder and more like walking into a gilded cage.It both excited and terrified me.The pay was beautiful, and the perks were enviable. I would travel with him on business trips, see the world, and for once, escape the mess I’d been born into. But the price of it? Being tied to him almost every second of the day.Mr. Oceans Stark, a man so ruthless he once shredded a senior executive’s twenty-year career in under five minutes without even breaking a sweat. He was escorted out in handcuffs, on charges Mr. Stark’s lawyers dug up overnight. One day, the man was running meetings, the next he was begging for ba

KISAREL.The silence stretched so long it felt like punishment. He didn’t blink. He wasn't even looking at me anymore. He kept looking over my head like looking at me up close would kill him.I know this was reckless. I mean... The last time I did something this reckless was when I took a bullet for a stranger without even thinking.“Careful,” he said finally, “You have no idea what you’re asking for.”I drew in a shaky breath, “I know exactly what I’m asking for,” I whispered.That was when he looked at me fully. For the first time ever, I really understood why everyone feared Ocean Stark. He didn’t even need to speak to feel like danger. All he had to do was listen.I'd never looked at him so up close before. And my heart refused to stop racing when his eyes pinned me to the spot."I don't fuck my employees, Kiss."My knees almost buckled at the way he bit off the word Fuck. Heat crawled up my neck to my cheeks. And… had he just called me Kiss?Moisture stung the corner of my eyes.

KISAREL.I felt like I was being split in half the moment Mr. Stark pushed his length into me. Every instinct in my body fired at once, and I tried to pull my hands free without thinking, which was exactly why he'd secured them above my head in the first place. He'd known before I did.I wasn't a virgin. But I could count on one hand the number of times Jace and I had actually had sex, and none of those times had come anywhere close to preparing me for this. For him.He pushed the other half of his length in and captured my mouth at the same time, swallowing the scream that tore out of my throat before it could leave the room."Shhh." He pulled back just enough to speak against my lips. "You're good. I'm in now."He wiped the tears from the corners of my eyes with his thumb.He waited for me to adjust to his size. Then he started to move and oh God, the feeling of it — so slow, so deep, and so intentional — pain and pleasure so knotted together I couldn't separate them, couldn't think

OCEANS.We had to leave DC for Manhattan immediately after my call with Reeves, because Ken called as soon as Reeves dropped the call to tell me one of our investors, Bowman, was about to pull out to join one of our rival companies.That's one thing I didn't tolerate.I didn't think about DC on the flight back. I had Bowman's report to read, three calls to make, and a situation to contain.The Bowman situation had been straightforward enough to resolve by the time my car pulled into the parking lot.I stepped out, buttoned my jacket, and walked into the building.I had a desk full of work waiting, a meeting first thing tomorrow morning, and a contract that needed reviewing before midnight. The DC trip had cost me two days I didn't have to spare, and I intended to recover them tonight.That was why I'd called her back to the office.Kisarel.I instructed her to meet me immediately, even though it was already past five in the evening. But she was my PA now, and that came with a differen

KISAREL.The drive to Jace's house was quiet.He had the radio on low, some soft RnB station he knew I liked, and I think he meant it as a peace offering. I didn't say anything about it. I just sat with my hands in my lap and my forehead nearly touching the cold glass of the passenger window, and I let my mind go exactly where I'd been trying to stop it from going all night.Had Moonie arrived at his place yet?What were they doing right now?Was he touching her the way he touched me in DC? That slow, possessive yet careful touch that made you burn and freeze at the same time...?So much for a woman he claimed not to love.And this wasn't from a place of jealousy or need. No.What happened in DC was a mistake I had already begun the work of putting behind me. This was just... curiosity. The kind you can't switch off, no matter how hard you try. Nothing else."We're home, honey," Jace said when he brought the car to a stop.He led me inside, and the moment we entered his room, I paused