THE CEO CONTRACTED WIFE đ„°â€ïžđđ„MR CEO IS MINE
THE CEO CONTRACTED WIFE đ„đ„đ„
AUTHORED BY FOXY
Sometimes life is hard , we opt to give up because some of the things we face that break us down ,we experience hardships and we become victims of the bitter world , we are broken but that doesn't define us all . There's something that hovers like a magic and that is love .lt is love that build us all and makes us strong . The same happened to Talent , a broken soul who grew up without love until she unexpectedly met an aloof , tycoon mafia, cold business man
Chapter one
In a city that pulsed with chaos and indifference, a young woman stood alone. Her blonde hair clung to her face, damp from tears and the weight of exhaustion. She was in her early twenties, but life had aged her spirit far beyond her years. Orphaned young, mistreated by the relatives who took her in, she had grown up scraping through the streets like a beggar, her soul bruised by cruelty and neglect.
Her name was *Talent*, though life had rarely shown her any.
That morning, as the city buzzed with noise and motion, Talent wandered aimlessly, her thoughts dark and heavy. She had tried everything to escape her pain â but nothing had worked. Until her eyes landed on a nearby swimming competition. The pool shimmered under the sun, and a twisted idea bloomed in her mind. âMaybe this is how I leave,maybe this is the high time l leave this hell of a world she whispered, a faint smile ghosting across her lips.
She walked toward the registration area, her fragile frame drawing puzzled glances. No one stopped her as she picked up a swimsuit and stepped onto the track. The whistle blew. She dove in.
At first, she swam with trembling determination. But soon, her strength gave out. Water filled her lungs, and the world blurred. As she sank, she welcomed the silence. âLet it end,â she thought, her smile tinged with sorrow.
But just before the darkness claimed her, arms wrapped around her body, pulling her to the surface. She coughed violently, gasping for air. Through the haze, she recognized the scent of jasmine perfume and it was none other than her friend Lisa.The gal who have helped her here and then
Lisa dragged her to the restrooms nearby, frantic and shaken. She laid Talent against the door and rushed inside to grab tissues. But in that moment, something horrific happened. A drunken man who seemed to be in his 40 suddenly slammed Lisa into the restroom walls , he made sure to look all the restrooms doors and he did the unimaginable . He stripped lisa's clothes and r***d Lisa taking away her virginity
The man ran away from the scene immediately and left lisa barely able to walk
Talent, dazed and barely conscious, didnât notice the shift in atmosphere. But when Lisa returned, her face was pale, her body trembling. She had been assaulted her trust shattered in an instant.
Lisaâs grief quickly turned to rage. She blamed Talent for everything for being there, lf she didn't save this pathetic gal she wouldn't have been r***d, for the pain she now carried is unbearable . Her sorrow twisted into vengeance. âYou ruined me,â Lisa texted Talent later that night. âNow Iâll ruin you.â
Consumed by fury, Lisa hired men to hunt Talent down. When Talent learned about the plot, she ran barefoot , breathless and desperate through alleys and streets and she fled untill her legs gave out
Then she saw it , a golden gate slightly ajar
Without thinking she slipped through
Talent stumbled through the golden gate, her breath ragged, her legs trembling beneath her. The estate was eerily silent, its grandeur almost mocking her desperation. Marble fountains gurgled softly, manicured hedges stood like sentinels, and the mansion loomed ahead â a palace carved from shadow and wealth.
She didnât know whose domain she had entered, only that it was far from the hell sheâd been running from.
Inside the mansion, behind tinted glass and velvet curtains, *Damien Virelli*, the infamous CEO, watched her arrival on a surveillance screen. His reputation was carved in ice ruthless in business, colder in heart.He was respected in the city as he owned the most luxurious company which was known throughout the world , every company he owned was built with gold , he was fully loaded , he never lacked anything
But something about the fragile figure collapsing on his lawn stirred a flicker of curiosity.
âWho let a ghost into my garden?â he muttered, swirling a glass of scotch.
Talent collapsed near the fountain, her body giving in. She didnât care anymore. If this place was another trap, so be it. At least it was quiet.
Moments later, two guards approached, weapons holstered but eyes sharp. One reached for her arm, but Damienâs voice crackled through their earpieces. âBring her inside. Donât touch her roughly. I want to see her.â
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Talent was ushered into a grand hall, her eyes wide with exhaustion and awe. Chandeliers glittered above like frozen stars. She was placed on a velvet chaise, and soon, Damien entered tall, composed, and unreadable.
He studied her like a puzzle.
âYouâre not here by invitation,â he said coolly. âBut you ran through my gate like it was salvation. Why?â
Talent looked up, her voice barely a whisper. âI was running from monsters.â
Damien raised an eyebrow. âAnd you think Iâm not one?âhe smirked do you know who lam"
She didnât answer. Her silence was louder than words.
Instead of throwing her out, Damien made a decision that surprised even himself.
âYouâll stay here. For now. But understand â this is not a sanctuary. Itâs a cage with velvet bars until l find how to deal with you "he said coldly
Talent nodded. She didnât care. A cage was better than those men outside.
But what she didnât know was that Damien had his dark business secrets .She had put herself into more danger
The mansion was quiet, but not peaceful. Talent sat in a room that looked like it belonged in a royal palace â gold-trimmed furniture, silk curtains, and a bed so soft it felt unreal. Yet she couldnât sleep. Her mind replayed Lisaâs screams, the betrayal, the chase, and now⊠this strange man who had taken her in.
Damien Virelli.
She had heard the name whispered in fear and awe. A man who built empires with blood and brilliance. Rumors said he had ties to the underworld â that he could make people disappear with a phone call. And now, she was in his house.
The door creaked open. A woman in a black uniform entered, carrying a tray of food.
âMr. Virelli said you must eat,â she said, her voice clipped.
Talent stared at the tray â roasted chicken, steamed vegetables, and a glass of wine. It looked too perfect, too unreal.
âIâm not hungry,â she whispered.
The woman didnât argue. She placed the tray on the table and left.
Talent stood and walked to the window. Outside, the garden shimmered under moonlight. Guards patrolled silently. She was safe â for now. But safety in a cage was still captivity.
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Meanwhile, Damien sat in his study, watching her on the surveillance feed. He didnât know why he had let her stay. She was a nobody. A broken girl with haunted eyes. But something about her silence intrigued him. She didnât beg. She didnât cry. She just⊠existed.
He poured another drink and dialed a number.
Find all the details of the gal " he commanded through his phone
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And he hung before the person could answer
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Mean while talent was telling her herself that
She wasnât safe. She was trapped.
Outside her door, guards stood like statues. Inside, cameras blinked silently from the corners. She was being watched â studied like a specimen.
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In his private study, Damien Virelli reviewed the footage from the previous night. He zoomed in on Talentâs face as she collapsed near the fountain. Her eyes were empty, but something flickered beneath â not fear, not weakness. Something else.
âSheâs hiding something,â he muttered.
He picked up a file his assistant had just delivered. Inside were fragments of Talentâs life â orphaned at six, bounced between abusive relatives, expelled from school for fighting, arrested once for theft. No known associates. No stable address.
âSheâs a ghost,â Damien said. âBut ghosts donât bleed.â
He tapped his fingers on the desk. Something didnât add up.
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Later that day, Talent was summoned to a dimly lit room â not the office, but a basement chamber lined with steel and silence. Two men stood beside Damien, their faces unreadable.
âI donât trust you,â Damien said flatly. âYou ran into my estate like a hunted animal. You say you were escaping monsters. But monsters donât chase nobodies.â
Talentâs throat tightened. She didnât speak.
Damien leaned forward. âSo hereâs the deal. Youâll stay. But youâll be watched. Tested. If I find out youâre lying â about anything â I wonât hesitate to throw you back to the wolves. Or worse.â
He gestured to one of the men. âTake her to the lower quarters. Strip her of anything she came with. No phone. No jewelry. No secrets.â
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The lower quarters were nothing like the guest room. Cold concrete walls. A steel bed. No windows.
Talent sat on the edge, her fists clenched. She had escaped one nightmare only to enter another. But this time, she wouldnât break. She couldnât.
She had to survive.
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Meanwhile, Lisa was spiraling. Her trauma had twisted into obsession. She had hired more men â not just to find Talent, but to destroy her. She wanted her dead. And she had connections. Dangerous ones.
One of her hired men had just discovered where Talent was hiding.
And he had ties to Damien Virelliâs enemies.
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The lower quarters were colder than Talent imagined â not just physically, but emotionally. The walls echoed with silence, and the air smelled faintly of metal and secrets. She hadnât seen Damien since the basement interrogation, but his presence lingered like a shadow stitched into the fabric of the mansion.
She wasnât alone down there.
Across the hall, another door creaked open. A girl no older than Talent stepped out. Her eyes were sharp, her posture military. She wore black, like the staff, but her aura was different. Hardened. Dangerous.
âYouâre the new ghost,â she said, voice low.
Talent blinked. âWho are you?â
âCall me Rhea. I was like you once. Now I work for him.â
âFor Damien?â
Rhea nodded. âYou think youâre in a cage. Youâre not. Youâre in a crucible. He doesnât keep people unless he sees something in them. Or unless he wants to break them.â
Talent swallowed hard. âWhy are you telling me this?â
Rhea leaned in. âBecause someone needs to warn you. Youâre not the only one being hunted. And Damienâs enemies donât play fair.â
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Upstairs, Damien Virelli stood in front of a massive screen displaying a map of the city. Red dots blinked â locations of his assets, his enemies, his secrets. One dot pulsed near his estate.
He frowned.
âWho breached the perimeter?â he asked his head of security.
âUnknown. But we intercepted a signal. Someoneâs tracking the girl.â
Damienâs jaw tightened. âLisa.â
He remembered the name from Talentâs file. A friend turned enemy. A girl broken by trauma and twisted by vengeance.
âSend a message,â Damien said coldly. âIf she wants war, Iâll give her one.â
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That night, Talent was summoned again â this time to a different room. It wasnât cold. It wasnât lavish. It was⊠intimate. A library, walls lined with leather-bound books and secrets.
Damien sat in a high-backed chair, a glass of wine untouched beside him.
âYouâre being hunted,â he said.
Talent nodded. âI know.â
âWhy?â
She hesitated. âBecause I survived.â
Damien studied her. âYou think survival is enough? In my world, survival is just the beginning.â
He stood and walked toward her. âYou want to live? Youâll need to fight. Youâll need to become something else.â
âWhat?â she asked.
He looked her dead in the eyes. âMine.â
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Outside the mansion, a black van idled in the shadows. Inside, Lisa sat with a man whose face was covered in scars. He was known only as Kross a mercenary with no allegiance, no mercy.
âSheâs inside,â Lisa whispered. âI want her gone.â
Kross smiled. âThen letâs burn the cage.â
Lisa never saw it coming.
Just as she and Kross prepared to breach the mansionâs perimeter, black SUVs surrounded them like wolves in the night. Within seconds, masked men emerged silent, swift, merciless. Kross reached for his weapon, but it was too late. A tranquilizer dart hit his neck, and he collapsed.
Lisa screamed, but no one listened.
She was dragged into the shadows, her wrists bound, her cries muffled. The last thing she saw was the golden gate closing behind her â the same gate Talent had slipped through. But unlike Talent, Lisa wasnât welcomed.
She was thrown into the dungeon a place whispered about in the underworld. No one who entered ever left the same. Cold stone walls, chains that echoed with past screams, and guards who didnât blink.
Damien Virelli didnât tolerate threats. He dissected them.
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In his office, Damien leaned back in his chair, swirling a glass of whiskey as the call came through.
âBoss,â the voice said, âI think I found something. Talentâs father â heâs the one who owes our company a million dollars. The debt was buried under aliases, but itâs him.â
Damienâs eyes narrowed. âInteresting.â
He smirked, the kind of smile that made men tremble.
âBring him here,â he said coldly. âAlive.â
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Talent sat in the lower quarters, unaware of the storm brewing above. She had begun to adapt â not to comfort, but to vigilance. Every sound, every glance, every silence taught her something. She was learning Damienâs world.
But when Rhea entered her room that evening, her face was pale.
âYou need to know something,â Rhea said. âDamien found your father.â
Talent froze. âMy father is dead.â
Rhea shook her head. âNo. Heâs alive. And he owes Damien a fortune.â
Talentâs heart pounded. Memories she had buried clawed their way back. Her father â the man who vanished when she was six. The man who left her to rot.
âHeâs bringing him here,â Rhea added. âAnd Damien doesnât forgive debts.â
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Hours later, in a hidden chamber beneath the estate, Damien stood before a man bound to a chair. His face was bruised, his eyes defiant.
âYouâre the ghost who left a child behind,â Damien said.
The man spat blood. âShe was better off without me.â
Damienâs gaze turned to ice. âYou owe me a million dollars. But money isnât the only currency I collect.â
He turned to his guards. âStrip him of everything. I want him to feel what abandonment tastes like.â
The room was silent, save for the hum of Damienâs private security system. Talentâs father, bruised and broken, sat slumped in the interrogation chair. His voice was hoarse, but his words cut deep.
âHow about I give you my daughter⊠in replacement of my debt.â
Damien didnât flinch. He stood slowly, his eyes narrowing with cold calculation. The offer was vile. Cruel. But not unfamiliar in his world.
He walked to the man and leaned in, his voice like ice.
âNow weâre talking,â Damien said. âBut donât mistake desperation for negotiation.â
He turned away, swirling his glass of scotch. âYour daughter doesnât replace a million dollars. Sheâs not worth that. But if you say sheâs mine⊠then Iâll treat her accordingly.â
The words hung in the air like poison.
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Talent was in the lower quarters when the guards came for her. She didnât resist â she had learned that resistance only delayed the inevitable. But when she was brought to Damienâs private chamber, she saw something in his eyes she hadnât seen before.
Ownership.
He didnât speak at first. He simply watched her, as if trying to decide what kind of pawn she would be.
âYour father sold you,â he finally said.
Talentâs breath caught. âHeâs alive?â
Damien nodded. âBarely. But alive enough to betray you.â
She clenched her fists. âThen Iâm nothing to him.â
Damien stepped closer. âAnd now youâre nothing to me. Unless you prove otherwise.â
THE CEO CONTRACTED WIFE
-BY FOXYđ„đ„
Chapter Four: The Billion-Dollar Bride
When the guards came for Talent, she didnât fight. She didnât scream. She only sighed â a sound so hollow it seemed to echo through the marble halls. The world had abandoned her, and now even her own blood had bartered her away. Her father sat slumped in the corner, bruised and silent, while Damien Virelli stood tall, savoring the twisted symmetry of the moment.
Father and daughter. Debt and desperation. Two pawns, perfectly placed.
Damien was enjoying it.
But then his phone buzzed.
He answered with a casual flick of his wrist. âSpeak.â
âBoss,â came the voice of his assistant, sharp and urgent. âMr. Hawlk just called. He said if you want the hundred billion dollar merger to go through, youâll need to be married. The board insists â a married man ensures stability and security. No exceptions.â
Damienâs eyes narrowed. âMarried?â
âYes, sir. They want a contract signed within the week. Otherwise, the deal collapses.â
Damien didnât respond immediately. His gaze drifted to Talent â standing there, fragile but defiant. A girl with no ties, no leverage, no escape. But also⊠no baggage. No scandals. No history that couldnât be rewritten.
She was perfect.
Not for love.
For business.
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He ended the call and turned to her, his voice calm but laced with steel.
âYou want to survive?â he asked.
Talent blinked. âWhat?â
âYou want protection. Power. A way out of this mess.â
She nodded slowly, unsure where he was going.
âThen marry me,â Damien said. âOn paper. One year. Youâll be my wife. In return, your fatherâs debt disappears. Youâll live like royalty. And no one will touch you.â
Talentâs breath caught. The offer was insane. Cold. Calculated.
But it was also her only chance.
She looked at her father â the man who sold her.
Then she looked at Damien the man who could reshape her fate.
And she whispered, âIâll do it.â
Damien smirked. âGood. Then letâs make you a billion-dollar bride.â
Damienâs voice sliced through the room like a blade.
âBut there will be one condition,â he said, his tone devoid of warmth. âThis is strictly business. Nothing more.â
Talent stood frozen, her breath shallow.
âYou and your father,â Damien continued, circling her like a predator sizing up prey, âare like stray dogs. You donât deserve silver spoons or silk sheets. You deserve the streets you crawled from.â
Her father flinched in the corner, but Talent didnât move. She absorbed the insult like she had absorbed every bruise life had thrown her way.
Damien turned to his assistant, already dialing. âArrange the marriage contract papers. No ceremony. No guests. Iâm allergic to women â I donât like them near me. I want this process short, clean, and legal.â
âYes, sir,â the assistant replied.
âAnd find a marriage court,â Damien added. âWeâll be engaged by morning.â
He hung up and turned back to Talent.
âYouâll be my wife on paper. Youâll smile when I say smile. Youâll stand beside me when I need you to. And once the deal is doneâŠâ He stepped closer, his voice dropping to a whisper. âYouâll be thrown out of this estate like the trash you came in as.â
Talent didnât speak. But her silence wasnât surrender.
It was strategy.
Because while Damien thought he was signing a contract with a pawn
Just because she was poor doesn't mean brainless
In a blink, the CEOâs assistant had everything ready â the marriage certificates, the legal terms, and the court appointment. Talent barely had time to process the avalanche of clauses that stripped her of rights, dignity, and any illusion of romance. But she signed. Because survival had no room for pride.
They arrived at the courthouse like strangers forced into a photo frame.
The court engager â a man who had officiated hundreds of unions â was immediately struck by the tension. Heâd seen nervous couples, shy couples, even couples who argued mid-ceremony. But this? This was something else.
Damien Virelli stood like a statue carved from ice. Talent, beside him, looked like sheâd been dropped into a war zone wearing silk.
"Why are you guys not ven holding your hands and showing affectionate for each other the marriage officer asked out of curiosity ." Do you want to loose your job " damien replied coldly which send down shivers on his spine he could feel the intense and unfavourable atmosphere
The engager cleared his throat. âDo you, Mr. Virelli, take this womanââ
âI do,â Damien said flatly, not even glancing at Talent.
âAnd do you, Miss Talentââ
âI do,â she whispered, her voice barely audible.
The engager blinked. âYou may nowââ
As it was now time for them to kiss đđ
âNo,â Damien interrupted, stepping back as Talent instinctively reached toward him.
She had barely brushed his sleeve when he recoiled, pulling out a pristine white cloth from his pocket and scrubbing the spot she touched with surgical precision â as if sheâd infected him with a plague.
The court officerâs jaw dropped.
No kiss.
No handshake.
No eye contact.
Just a signature, a stamp, and a billionaire CEO disinfecting his own arm.
The engager stared at them, stunned. âWell⊠congratulations, I suppose.â
Damien turned to leave without a word. Talent followed, her face unreadable.
Behind them, the court officer muttered, âIâve seen shotgun weddings, but that was a sniper shot to romance.â
Meanwhile talent had not read the terms and conditions that was on the paper she had just signed without carefully reading it
As the courthouse doors swung open, a sleek black limousine waited like a panther in the shadows. Damienâs guards snapped to attention, opening the door with military precision. His cold gaze swept past themâno nod, no thanks. Just ice.
In English, they say âladies first.â
To Damien Virelli? That was nonsense. He did what he wanted, when he wanted.
Without a glance at Talent, he slid into the back seat like royalty. She stepped forward, unsure whether to follow.
âWait,â Damien snapped, his voice slicing through the air like a blade. âI told youâI donât like women around me. Remove your pathetic self from my sight.â
Talent froze.
The guards exchanged glances. Even they werenât prepared for this level of cruelty.
Damien turned to his assistant, already dialing. âGet her a car. Not just any carâdig one out from the scrapyard. I want rust. I want noise. I want humiliation.â
âYes, sir,â the assistant replied, though even his voice faltered.
Minutes later, a vehicle arrived. If you could call it that.
It wheezed like a dying animal, its paint chipped, its engine coughing with every breath. The door creaked open like it hadnât moved in decades. Talent stared at it, her throat tightening.she felt tears gushing from her eyes
Even in her poverty, sheâd never stooped this low.This was the worst part of her life but what could she do ,she had nothing in her possession that could make her run away from this hell life .
Damien, watching from his luxury seat, smirked. âPerfect,â he said, tapping the glass. âDrive.â
His limousine pulled away, leaving Talent behind with the rusted relic and a driver who looked equally embarrassed.
The guards stood stunned. One of them whispered, âIs he⊠gay or something? Why else would he treat a woman like that?â
But it wasnât about attraction.
It was about control.
Damien Virelli hated women , he never liked them from the start
He hated weakness.
And Talent, in his eyes, was the embodiment of everything he despised.
Little did he not know that the gal he despised was the one who will bring light to his dark life
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Damien Virelliâs estate loomed like a fortressâglass, steel, and silence. As his limousine rolled to a stop, the front doors opened in perfect synchrony. His staff, dressed in crisp black uniforms, stood in formation like chess pieces awaiting their king.
No one dared to look up.
If anyone do so it will result in the expelling from work ,so they will always remain
Heads bowed. Eyes lowered. Breaths held.
The air itself seemed to freeze as Damien stepped out, his polished shoes clicking against the marble like a countdown to judgment.
He didnât speak.
He didnât nod.
He simply walkedâslow, deliberate, and terrifyingly calm.
Every worker knew the rules:
No eye contact.
No questions.
No mistakes.
One wrong glance, one misplaced word, and your contract was shredded before your next paycheck.
Damien thrived on fear. It was his currency. His control.
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The rusted car wheezed to a stop at the edge of the Virelli estate, coughing one final breath before falling silent. Talent stepped out slowly, her heels clicking against the pristine drivewayâa jarring contrast to the vehicle behind her, which looked like it belonged in a scrapyard museum.
The staff didnât move.
They stood in perfect rows, heads bowed, eyes locked on the marble beneath their feet. Not a single glance was spared for the girl in silk and shame.
She could hear whispers
Talent felt it.
The weight of invisibility.
She wasnât a bride.
She was a blemish.
But she straightened her shoulders anyway.
If Damien wanted her humiliated, sheâd give him poise. If he wanted her broken, sheâd give him silence. And if he wanted her erased⊠sheâd make herself unforgettable.
As she walked toward the entrance, one of the guards shifted slightlyâjust enough to whisper under his breath.
âPoor thing. She wonât last a week.â
Talent heard it.
She didnât flinch.
She didnât cry.
She simply walked past them, her chin lifted, her eyes burning with quiet fire.
Because while Damien Virelli had the estate, the staff, and the powerâŠ
Talent had something far more dangerous.
A reason to fight.
The silence of the estate was suffocating.
Talent sat on the edge of her narrow bed, staring at the barred window. Outside, the moon hung low like a secret, casting silver shadows across the marble courtyard. Somewhere in the distance, a wolf howledâwild, free, everything she wasnât.
She clenched her fists.
She hadnât eaten. She hadnât slept. But she wasnât broken.
Not yet.
Suddenly, the door burst open.
A maid stumbled in, breathless. âMiss Talentâyouâre summoned.â
âSummoned?â Talent asked, rising slowly.
âYes. Mr. Virelli wants you in the ballroom.â
Ballroom?
She followed the maid through the winding corridors, her heart pounding like war drums. The staff parted like shadows, whispering behind closed lips. Something was happening. Something big.
The ballroom doors opened.
And there he was.
Damien Virelli stood at the center of the room, dressed in black silk, his eyes gleaming like obsidian. Around him, guests mingledâpoliticians, billionaires, socialites. All dressed to kill. All watching.
Talent stepped in, her simple dress a glaring contrast to the glittering gowns around her.
Damien turned.
âAh,â he said, voice smooth as poison. âThe wife.â
The crowd chuckled.
Talent didnât flinch.
Damien walked toward her, slow and deliberate. âYou look⊠underwhelming.â
She met his gaze. âAnd you look overcompensated.â
Gasps rippled through the room.
Damienâs smile vanished.
He stepped closer, so close she could feel the chill of his breath. âCareful, Talent. Youâre playing a game you donât understand.â
She leaned in, her voice a whisper of steel. âThen teach me. I learn fast.â
For a moment, the room held its breath.
Damien stared at her, something flickering in his eyesârage, confusion, maybe even intrigue.
Then he turned to the crowd. âLetâs begin.â
Music erupted. Champagne flowed. The ballroom came alive.
But Damien didnât dance.
He watched her.
And Talent?
She didnât retreat.
She walked into the crowd, head high, spine straight, and fire in her veins.
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Damien Virelli stood at the edge of the ballroom, his jaw clenched so tightly it couldâve see