Story By Bassiq Erom
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Bassiq Erom

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The CEO Secret First Love
Updated at Sep 14, 2026, 06:21
“If you drop one more coffee on my desk, Cole, I’m docking your pay.” “Try it, Blake, and I’ll send your mother that folder of your childhood photos.” For three years, Ethan has been the only person at Blake International who can talk back to the ice-cold CEO and survive. To the board, he’s just the hyper-competent secretary keeping Adrian’s life from unraveling. To Ethan, Adrian is still the boy he’s loved since they shared a cracked umbrella in the rain fifteen years ago. He knows every habit, every mood, and every lie Adrian tells himself. Most importantly, he knows how to keep his mouth shut to protect their friendship. Then Sophie, their oldest friend, corners Ethan in his office and confesses she’s fallen for him. Suddenly, the untouchable CEO is losing his grip. Adrian starts picking petty fights, sabotaging dates, and inventing brutal late-night deadlines just to keep Ethan locked in his office. He doesn’t understand why the thought of another man touching Ethan makes him want to burn the building down, he only knows he won’t allow it. When Adrian’s mother gleefully starts meddling, and his traditional father catches wind of just how close the two men really are, their comfortable bubble shatters. Can a decade of secret pining survive office gossip, rising jealousy, and a family war? Or will the truth finally break them, or give them what they've wanted all along?
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