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.

control was in his hands, and he manipulated every sense, satisfying his

…

wanted to devour her whole, and for a moment, Cicely thought he might cling to her all night long as he had once before, but in the end, his head injury and the fever

of the morning, he was already in a daze,

stationary for more than three

unsettlingly high. Even his breath on her head felt scorching. She lay quietly for a while, then finally

to sense her intent to push him away and pulled her closer into his embrace, burying his face in the crook of her neck,

eyes, remaining still for a long moment. Soon, his breathing

the bed, found a nightgown to slip on, glanced at the unresponsive man on the bed, pursed

she emerged with a basin of water, placed it on the bedside table after watching Seth for a moment, and then took a long time before bending down

sheets in the middle of the night, she wouldn’t mind dousing

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

take a shower during

stay awake any longer, she slipped under

*

was no one outside. She was surprised; she had thought he would stay out there, even though it was probably pointless,

What a pity.

to have breakfast. The servant, likely noticing her earlier action, added a comment as breakfast was served. “Last night, Mr. Diaz came

fork, paused abruptly.

Cicely, she came down last

servant blushed, “Last night, Mr. Diaz carried Miss Cicely

she chewed thoughtfully. It shouldn’t have happened; the man had a high fever, and he could barely stand. Even if he could carry Cicely upstairs, he wouldn’t

an eyebrow, a teasing smile

face turned even redder. “I… Mr. Diaz was kissing Miss Cicely in

“Cough cough.”

at most the young girl had imagined a steamy romance after seeing

But this…

he so impatient that he started right in the

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

image of him, was noble and aloof, seemingly unsuited for such intimate affairs between men and women. But paradoxically, when such a cool and elegant man became involved in those matters, the pheromones he exuded

…

his eyes slowly adjusting to the semi-familiar room that greeted him. He paused for a few seconds, the events of the previous night creeping back into his recollection. His heart skipped a beat when he turned and saw the woman nestled

of his arm, her

with unapologetic intensity, down to the fine baby hairs at her hairline. Unable to resist, he bent down

sleeping beauty stirred, nuzzling closer into his chest

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

tight embrace made Cicely furrow her brow, her consciousness slowly stirring before her eyes fluttered open. She

looked down at her, his voice low

moved under his gaze, and he responded with another kiss, this time on

still groggy from sleep and tinged with

promises of the night before. Even in a feverish state, he remembered his words. He’d be damned

hadn’t been her

now, she would surely send him away, probably never wanting to see him again, possibly even destroying the fragile truce they