The Enticing CEO’s Chosen Bride

“It’s all because you stirred something in me. You wanted to be with me, and you demanded my love. So you can’t just toss me aside after I’ve fallen for you. You just can’t.”

He seemed to finally shatter the thick, solid walls that had confined and repressed him for the past three years, kissing her without reservation.

His long fingers threaded through her delicate ones, pressing them against the crown of her head, his heavy frame radiating a scorching heat through his shirt, searing her skin.

Her mind was a foggy mess, initially replaying his words clearly, but eventually they blurred into fragmented whispers—

“You can’t toss me aside after I’ve fallen for you.”

“No one loves you more than I do.”d2

No one loves you more than I do…

That phrase was like a curse, a stuck record in her mind, endlessly repeating.

No one loves you more than I do…

She didn’t understand; she already knew the facts.

Seth had a knack for touching her sensitive spots out of the blue, when she least expected it. Even though she was in a low mood, she would give him a great response because of her body’s instincts.

A gentle nibble on her earlobe made Cicely shudder abruptly, her strength draining away as if pulled by a magnet, leaving her limp and powerless.

She bit down on her lip, her breaths shallow and warm. She wanted to resist, but the man only held her tighter.

“Stop moving, honey. Can you be good for me… Please be good. Cicely, I want you.”

Her natural scent, as if seeping out from her smooth, pale skin, carried an innate, fatal allure.

“Are you out of your mind?” Cicely managed to speak, her voice raspy and seductively soft to her own annoyance.

“Mhm,” Seth murmured back, his voice muffled, “I want you.”

The doe was finally soothed, and the cheetah began to feast, dominating his prey.

At the moment of total possession, Cicely arched in pain. She couldn’t hold back her cry, “It hurts.”

“It’ll stop hurting soon, just a moment more.”

Seth’s voice was low, chaotic, filled with coaxing, luring her into submission, coaxing her to open herself for his convenience.

Especially when his voice grazed her ear, bewitching her, she was forever powerless against his tactics.

Cicely clenched her fists, Seth’s interlocking fingers pressing them beside her ear, his coaxing voice never ceasing. “No, let me go.”

Seth did not appreciate her refusal and turned to silence her with a kiss. What followed was his relentless claim and pursuit.

in his hands, and he manipulated every sense, satisfying

…

long as he had once before, but in the end, his head

already in a

been stationary for more than three years, was drained

felt scorching. She lay

push him away and pulled her closer into his embrace, burying his

Soon, his breathing by her ear became more even,

this time. She got up from the bed, found a nightgown to slip on, glanced at the unresponsive man on the bed, pursed her lips, and walked

with a basin of water, placed it on the bedside table after watching Seth for a moment, and then took a

to change the sheets in the middle

and began to wipe Seth down, her face taut with effort as she bore

fever, she managed to take a shower during a brief break. Seeing his furrowed

stay awake any longer, she slipped under the covers and drifted off

*

had thought he would stay out there, even though it was probably pointless, but

What a pity.

the door and went to have breakfast. The servant, likely noticing her earlier action, added a comment as breakfast

the fork, paused abruptly. She looked up, “Who let

came down

young servant blushed, “Last night, Mr.

the man had a high fever, and he

servant, Lana raised an eyebrow, a teasing smile on her

guard by the question, the servant’s face turned even redder. “I… Mr.

“Cough cough.”

young girl had imagined a steamy romance after seeing Seth carry Cicely

But this…

he so impatient that he started

noise and came out, to her shock, she witnessed that intimate scene. Mr. Diaz was holding

was noble and aloof, seemingly unsuited for such intimate affairs between men and women. But

…

adjusting to the semi-familiar room that greeted him. He paused for a few seconds, the events of the

against the crook of his

breath, watching her, scrutinizing her features with unapologetic intensity, down to the fine baby hairs at her hairline. Unable to resist, he bent down and planted a gentle

stirred, nuzzling closer

against his own, a sense of belonging that had been absent for far too long. He tightened his hold

Cicely furrow her brow, her consciousness slowly stirring before her eyes

stir, Seth slightly relaxed his grip and looked down at her, his voice low and husky. “You are

forehead moved under his gaze, and he responded with another kiss,

voice still groggy from sleep and tinged with a coolness that seemed to suit her.

a feverish state, he remembered his words. He’d be

night hadn’t

to see him again, possibly