The Icy CEO Heard My Filthy Thoughts, And Hired Me on the Spot! EP

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00:00:00I'm a starving succubus who survives on men's desire, but I just woke up in modern New York,

00:00:05where everyone acts like wanting someone is a crime. I got fired and nearly arrested just

00:00:10for touching a co-worker's abs. Desperate for energy, I hide myself in the most boring black

00:00:15suit I can find and interview to become the personal assistant to Ethan Frost, New York's

00:00:20coldest, most untouchable billionaire suit. The moment I see him, every filthy instinct wakes up.

00:00:26I want to ruin him with my mouth from those cold lips down his chest until I'm wrapped around his

00:00:30thick throbbing cock, sucking him dry and breaking his perfect control. Suddenly,

00:00:35Ethan snaps his pen clean in half. He stares at me jaw-tight voice rough.

00:00:40You're hired. He can hear every filthy thought in my head. I'm Jade Summers. One second I was the

00:00:46most seductive succubus in the abyss, drunk on desire and raw sexual energy. The next I blinked

00:00:52and found myself dumped on a crowded street in New York City. This place is insane. The whole city

00:00:57reeks of lust, yet everyone struts around acting like they're above it, preaching self-control,

00:01:03purity and proper behavior. A few days ago I was so starved I could barely hold my human shape.

00:01:08All I did was run my hand over my co-workers' abs to steal a little energy, and I got

00:01:12dragged into HR,

00:01:14publicly fired for sexual harassment, and almost arrested. No legal identity here means I starve.

00:01:20End of story. So I squeezed myself into the most buttoned-up black blazer I could find,

00:01:25every button fastened tight to my throat, and walked into Frost Capital, one of Manhattan's

00:01:30most cutthroat firms, for a personal secretary interview. The man interviewing me was the one

00:01:35who runs everything. Ethan Frost. Everyone called him untouchable. Cold privileged, disciplined to the

00:01:42bone. A man so controlled that women could throw themselves at him all night and he would not even blink.

00:01:47But the moment I stepped into his office, a thick wave of pure, scorching masculine energy

00:01:53slammed into me. My succubus instincts went feral. Oh my god. Look at those broad shoulders,

00:01:59that tight waist, those powerful thighs. Those dress pants are stretched so obscenely I can see

00:02:06the outline of every inch. I bet he's thick, heavy, and perfect. I wonder how long this tightly wound

00:02:13ice prints can keep his control before he snaps. I want to shove him back onto that desk, tear that

00:02:19expensive suit off him, and ride him raw until he's shaking and begging. I was deep in that filthy

00:02:25fantasy when a loud snap cracked through the room. Ethan's luxury pen broke in half, black ink spilling

00:02:31over his fingers. He slowly lifted his gaze. Those cold, dark eyes pinned me like a predator. His voice came

00:02:38out low, rough, and dangerously controlled. He paused, jaw-tight, eyes burning with something dark and

00:02:44volatile. Jade Summers. You're hired.

00:02:49I stood there completely stunned. You really just hired me? After I had mentally stripped him naked and

00:02:54imagined riding him senseless? Not that I was complaining. This job gave me legitimate, daily access

00:03:01to the most powerful source of energy I had ever felt. I had barely stepped out of his office when

00:03:06Victoria, the senior director, cornered me in the hallway. She looked at me like I was something

00:03:11filthy that had just crawled in off the street. She marched up in her sharp heels and shoved my

00:03:16shoulder hard. Button that collar all the way up. If I ever see you throwing yourself at Mr. Frost,

00:03:22you won't even make it through tomorrow. Do you understand me? I let myself stumble back and

00:03:27quickly put on my most innocent, obedient face. Of course, director. I'll be completely professional.

00:03:33But inside, my succubus side was burning with contempt. Throwing myself at him? Please. You look

00:03:39at him like you own him. You have no idea how good it feels to be flooded with that kind

00:03:43of raw,

00:03:44masculine energy. It would probably kill you. A body like his deserves to be claimed every single day.

00:03:49I want to wrap myself around him, drain him with my mouth and hands until he has nothing left to

00:03:53give.

00:03:53A heavy footstep sounded behind me. Ethan stood just a few feet away in his perfectly tailored

00:03:58black suit, his presence filling the hallway. His dark, intense eyes were locked directly on my face.

00:04:05Victoria spun around instantly, flashing a sweet, adoring smile.

00:04:09Mr. Frost! I was just giving the new assistant some orientation on proper office standards,

00:04:14making sure the wrong kind of woman doesn't cause you any problems.

00:04:17Ethan ignored her completely. His gaze never left me. I watched his throat tighten as he swallowed

00:04:23slowly, something dark and heated flashing in his eyes. His voice came out low and commanding.

00:04:30Coffee. Now.

00:04:33Five minutes later, I walked into the CEO's office with a cup of black coffee. The second I stepped

00:04:39through the door, that devastating masculine energy wrapped around me again, hot and clean and way too

00:04:44close. It clung to my skin like a second layer. Ethan was leaning back in his chair, reviewing

00:04:50documents like nothing in the world could shake him. Shirt buttoned. Tie straight. Face cold enough

00:04:56to freeze over hell. But my eyes had no loyalty to my brain. They kept drifting lower, straight to the

00:05:02tight stretch of his dress pants. That energy is so thick and pure it's making me dizzy. The way those

00:05:08pants hug him should be illegal. If he ever let loose on me, he would completely wrecked me. God, I

00:05:14want to-

00:05:14I was so busy staring that I completely missed the vase beside me. My heel caught the edge of it

00:05:19and rolled.

00:05:19Ah!

00:05:20I lost my balance and pitched forward straight into him. The entire cup of scalding coffee splashed

00:05:25across his lap. Every single drop. He's-

00:05:28A low, ragged groan tore out of him. The documents in his hand scattered all over the floor.

00:05:34My soul nearly left my body. I scrambled up, grabbed the tissue box off his desk and started frantically

00:05:40dabbing at his thighs. Mr. Frost, I'm so sorry. Please don't move. I'll clean it up.

00:05:46The second my fingers pressed against the soaked fabric, I froze. Even through the thin material,

00:05:51the heat under my hand was overwhelming. Hard, tense, very, very alive. My fingers started to shake.

00:05:58Wait, is he getting hard? God, he's huge. Ugh. I just want to rip these pants opens and put my

00:06:04mouth

00:06:04onto his monstrous cock. Ethan's hand, which had been reaching for the tissues, stopped dead in

00:06:10midair. For one terrifying second, the whole office went silent. Then his large burning hand came down

00:06:16on my lower back. He seized me and pulled me hard against his chest. My breath caught. His body was

00:06:22solid against mine, his breath hot and uneven on my face. That perfect frozen composure finally cracked

00:06:28and what leaked through was dark, hungry and dangerous. His voice dropped low. You really can't

00:06:33stop looking there, can you? His voice was low against my ear and that thick, impossible bulge

00:06:41pressing against me was impossible to ignore. My succubus control was hanging by a thread.

00:06:46This man was plain dirty. And the worst part was, I was almost sure he knew it. I swallowed hard,

00:06:52my whole body going soft against him. My arms slid around his neck before my brain could stop them.

00:06:57I leaned in, lips parting, the tip of my tongue just barely brushing out. One more inch. Just one.

00:07:03Then the memory hit me like a fire alarm. HR dragging me out of my last job in front of

00:07:08everyone.

00:07:09Security watching me like I was dangerous. The threat of handcuffs, police and a permanent record,

00:07:14all because I touched a co-worker's abs when I was starving. My blood went cold. This was not some

00:07:20random office. This was the CEO's office in New York. And this was Ethan Frost, one of the most

00:07:26powerful men in the country. Throwing myself at him was not a cute little workplace mistake.

00:07:31This could destroy my life. All my succubus confidence disappeared in an instant.

00:07:36Boom. I came here to survive, not to end up in prison. I shoved him back with a sudden burst

00:07:41of

00:07:41strength, slipped out of his arms and dropped hard onto the floor. Mr. Frost, I'm so sorry.

00:07:47I swear I'm a respectable woman. I just slipped. That's all. I wasn't trying anything. Please

00:07:53don't call the police. I'm not some kind of predator. I fumbled with the door, yanked it open

00:07:58and ran. But as the door swung shut behind me, I caught one last glimpse through the narrow crack.

00:08:04The famously celibate, untouchable ice prince was still standing exactly where I had left him.

00:08:10His shirt was wrinkled. His breathing was rough. His hands were empty, like he had not expected me to

00:08:16escape. And the look in his eyes was not anger. It was hunger. The kind that made my knees weak

00:08:22even from the other side of the door. That afternoon, I went to the break room to get

00:08:27some water and calm myself down. The coffee disaster was still replaying in my head,

00:08:32along with Ethan's hand on my waist, his rough breathing, and the way he had looked at me before

00:08:37I ran. I needed water. Possibly an exorcism. The second I turned around, Victoria was walking

00:08:43straight toward me with a full basin of ice water in her hands. She stopped right in front of me,

00:08:48a small, vicious smile tugging at her lips. Then she let her foot slip on purpose. The entire basin

00:08:55came crashing down over me. Ice water soaked through my thin white blouse in seconds. The fabric

00:09:00turned almost transparent, clinging to every curve and leaving far too much on display. Co-workers rushed

00:09:06over from every direction. Seriously? She wore that under a white blower? That is not exactly office

00:09:12appropriate. I'm not surprised. She walked into Mr. Frost's office for her interview and came out

00:09:16hired, connect the dots. And now she's acting shop, people are staring? Please, you don't dress like

00:09:21that by accident. Victoria stood at the front of the crowd, savoring every second of my humiliation.

00:09:27Her voice was sweet, but every word was meant to cut. Everyone seeing this? Our new secretary shows up

00:09:33on day one with lingerie under a white plouse and expects us to believe she is here for spreadsheets?

00:09:38I hugged my soaked blouse to my chest, shivering. This is his frost capital, not some club bathroom.

00:09:43I'm reporting you to HR myself. Enjoy your last day. I lowered my eyes, looking weak and humiliated.

00:09:49Inside I was burning. Get me fired? Go ahead and try. If Ethan sees me like this, he won't be

00:09:53able to

00:09:54look away for days. This body was made to drive a man like him wild. I could wrap myself around

00:09:58him

00:09:58and drain every last drop he has. You're nothing compared to that. Victoria took my silence for

00:10:03fear and reached for my wet collar. What, nothing to say now? You were so good at playing innocent

00:10:08earlier. Come on, let everyone see what kind of professional you really are. The crowd suddenly

00:10:13went silent. What is going on here? One low, cutting voice was enough to freeze the entire break room.

00:10:21Everyone fell silent and stepped aside at once. Ethan walked in. His gaze landed on my soaked,

00:10:27almost transparent blouse. For one long second, he said nothing. His jaw tightened and his throat

00:10:33moved once hard. Those eyes usually cold enough to keep the whole office at a distance, dark in the

00:10:39moment they saw me. Mr. Frost, look at her. I don't know what kind of stunt she pulled to end

00:10:45up like

00:10:46this, but she's been standing here, putting herself on display and trying to make everyone

00:10:50uncomfortable. Ethan did not even look at her. He shrugged off his jacket, still warm and carrying

00:10:56that clean cedar scent, then stepped in front of me and wrapped it around my shoulders.

00:11:00The jacket swallowed me almost completely, cutting off every stare in the room. The second his warmth

00:11:06touched my skin that rich, dangerous energy of his rolled over me. My knees nearly gave out right

00:11:11there. Without a word he took my wrist and led me out of the break room. No one dared to

00:11:16stop him.

00:11:17The moment we reached his office, he pushed the door open with one hard motion and pulled me inside.

00:11:22Then he locked it. The click of the lock went straight through me. Every bit of suppressed

00:11:27succubus instinct I had been trying to bury came roaring back to life. A locked door. Just the two

00:11:33of us. Oh I know exactly where this is going. He is going to push me against that floor to

00:11:37clearing

00:11:37window, tear off this ruined blouse, use that tie to trap my wrists, and punish me until I forget how

00:11:43to stand. Yes daddy. Punish me like I'm a bad girl. Ethan stopped. His back went rigid. For a moment,

00:11:49the office was so quiet I could hear my own heartbeat. Then a vein jumped at his temple

00:11:54and he took one slow breath like he was trying very hard not to lose control. When he turned around,

00:12:00his expression had gone dangerously still. The next second he crossed the room caught me by the waist

00:12:05and backed me against the window. His hands landed on either side of my head, caging me in completely.

00:12:11The glass was cold against my back. He was burning hot in front of me. His voice came out low

00:12:17restrained and rough around the edges. What exactly goes on in that little head of yours

00:12:21all day, Jade? Pinned against the window by a man that tall, that close, and that intense,

00:12:28I pulled my shoulders in and gave him my best helpless wide-eyed look. Mr. Frost, I wasn't thinking

00:12:34anything. I was just scared after getting soaked like that. Ethan let out a low cold laugh. His fingers

00:12:41closed around my jaw and tilted my face up. His breath brushed over my lips, warm and dangerously

00:12:47uneven. He did not answer me. Instead his other hand went to his tie. He pulled it loose in one

00:12:53slow, deliberate motion like he had all the time in the world. Then he dropped it onto the desk.

00:12:58My pulse jumped. Then he undid the top two buttons of his shirt. That collarbone. That shadow beneath the

00:13:04open fabric. That hard, controlled body he kept locked away under expensive suits every single day.

00:13:10He stepped right into my line of sight and stayed there. This man was baiting me on purpose. I stared

00:13:16at his open collar and swallowed hard. My traitorous hand started rising on its own, reaching for that

00:13:22warm, firm chest like I had no survival instincts at all. Screw it. He started this. Just touching him

00:13:27would be worth it.

00:13:35My fingertips were one breath away from touching him. Then the alarm in my head screamed. Flashing

00:13:41lights. Cold handcuffs. Iron bars. A full criminal case with my name on it. Getting fired for touching

00:13:48a co-worker's abs was bad enough. Putting my hands on the CEO of Frost Capital, that was a life

00:13:53sentence

00:13:54in heels. Self-preservation kicked in. I snatched my hand back, ducked under his arm, and slipped away.

00:14:01Mr. Frost, my eyes are closed. I didn't see anything. Please keep your shirt on. I have

00:14:06absolutely zero inappropriate thoughts about you. I spun toward the door and got my hand on the lock.

00:14:11But before I could turn it, a rush of cedar and heat swept over me from behind. Ethan was suddenly

00:14:17there, his shirt still undone. One hand braced against the door, trapping me in place. His chest pressed

00:14:23close against my back, and his breath brushed over my ear. Zero inappropriate thoughts?

00:14:29His voice was low and rough, with an edge that left no room to hide. His fingers found my jaw

00:14:34from

00:14:35behind and turned my head, forcing my gaze back to the open stretch of his shirt and everything it

00:14:40revealed. How disappointing. I have plenty of dirty thoughts about you, Jade Summers.

00:14:47That line, spoken from that close, nearly made my succubus tail come out. I stood trapped between the

00:14:54door and his heat, completely unable to move. Just when I thought he was about to forget every

00:14:59last bit of restraint and do something about it right there in his office, the pressure suddenly

00:15:03lifted. He reached into the pocket of the jacket wrapped around me and slipped in a black and gold

00:15:08invitation card, along with a handwritten note. Tomorrow night's finance charity gala,

00:15:13you're attending as my executive advisor. Go to this address today and get a gown. By the time I

00:15:18made it back to my desk, the note was still warm in my palm. The next evening, a black Maybach

00:15:23pulled

00:15:23up smoothly in front of an elite boutique on Fifth Avenue. The store manager had clearly been briefed

00:15:29in advance and met us at the door with a polished, professional smile. Miss Summers, right this way,

00:15:34to the fitting area. She looped the tape around my chest, then drew it in at my waist. A second

00:15:40later, she gasped. Good lord, Miss Summers. These measurements are unreal. This kind of figure comes

00:15:47along once in a lifetime. She immediately pulled out a red gown, deep V-neckline, open back,

00:15:53a slit that started high on the thigh. I recommend this one. Wear this tonight, and you'll be the best

00:16:00thing that ever happened, to Frost Capital's public image. I stared at that gorgeous, barely there

00:16:05piece of fabric, and my succubus instinct sat straight up. With this body in that dress?

00:16:11Absolutely lethal. So that is why he kept looking at me like that yesterday. He has been wanting to

00:16:17see me in this all along. Fine, I'll wear it to the gala and watch his eyes drop straight to

00:16:23my neckline.

00:16:24That will be entirely his fault. Then the memory of being trapped against the door last night came

00:16:30back in full detail, and my survival instinct seized the wheel. Low profile. Boring. If he lost control

00:16:38in front of everyone at the gala, I would lose the job and then I would starve. I backed away

00:16:42from the

00:16:43dress like it had personally threatened me, both hands clamped to my collar. No, absolutely not.

00:16:49High neck, long sleeves, ankle length if possible. I am a professional. The words had barely left my

00:16:54mouth when a quiet, unmistakably amused laugh came from just outside the heavy fitting room curtain.

00:17:00Ethan had appeared on the other side, perfectly dressed, perfectly composed, and somehow right

00:17:05there. He glanced at the manager, his expression unreadable. Give us a moment.

00:17:11The manager blinked, bowed, and quickly slipped out. Ethan walked into the fitting area and picked up the

00:17:16red gown. The heavy curtain swept shut behind him. Now it was just the two of us in a very

00:17:22small space.

00:17:23The air seemed to thicken. He moved toward me one step at a time, his tall frame carrying the full

00:17:29weight of his presence, until my back pressed against the full-length mirror. Mr. Frost,

00:17:34what are you doing? I swallowed hard. My palms were damp. Ethan set the gown aside and picked up the

00:17:40measuring tape. Drop straight to your neckline? I leaned unsteadily against the mirror and stared at him.

00:17:46How was he hearing every single thought in real time, even the ones from yesterday? He did not give

00:17:51me a second to figure it out. He spread his arms with the tape between them and wrapped it around

00:17:56my

00:17:56waist, pulling me in from behind in a way that felt far too close to an embrace. His energy washed

00:18:02over me all at once and my legs nearly gave out. Help. He is so close. He is so warm.

00:18:09This is going to drown me. Those shoulders. That waist. Right here. Within reach.

00:18:17I want to push him back against this mirror, tear that suit off him, and make him lose every bit

00:18:23of

00:18:23that perfect control. Ethan's breathing changed. He dipped his head, his lips only a breath from my

00:18:29ear, and his voice came out low enough to make my knees weaken. Jade, let me find out for myself

00:18:37exactly how extraordinary you are. His hand moved slowly up my back. The other cradled the back of my

00:18:45head. His face tilted closer and his lips were one second away from mine. One second before contact,

00:18:51the coward in me took over. I dropped, tried to slip under his arm and aimed for the narrow gap

00:18:57beside him. This time he did not let me get away. His arm caught my waist and pulled me back

00:19:02hard

00:19:02against him. For a second, my feet left the floor and my back hit the mirror with a low solid

00:19:07sound.

00:19:08His chest was pressed against mine with no space between us at all. Those dark eyes were done

00:19:13pretending. Every bit of restraint he had been wearing like a second suit was gone. His voice

00:19:18came out rough and absolute. Stop thinking about ruining me and then running the second things get

00:19:25real. His grip tightened at my waist, firm enough to make it clear that this time he was not letting

00:19:30me

00:19:30slip away. Jade, you are wearing that red dress to the gala tonight. His eyes moved over my

00:19:38face then lowered briefly to the gown beside us. Because right now, I want to see you in it.

00:19:48I ran but it did not matter. That night at the charity gala, I was still wearing the red dress

00:19:54Ethan had personally approved. The venue was all crystal chandeliers, champagne towers and people

00:19:59pretending they were not staring. We had barely made it through the entrance when Victoria appeared

00:20:04with a glass of wine and a sweet innocent smile. Miss Summers, Mr. Frost left a backup document in

00:20:11the storage room at the end of the hall. Be useful and go get it for him. I was lightheaded

00:20:17with hunger

00:20:18and too distracted to think clearly so I went. The moment I stepped through the old wooden door,

00:20:23the lock clicked shut from the outside. Heels clicked away into silence. Victoria, obviously. The storage

00:20:30room had no windows and no ventilation. It was dark, cramped and sweltering, like I had been sealed

00:20:35inside an oven. In that kind of heat with my body already starving, my succubus instincts kicked into

00:20:41full overdrive. The hunger rose from somewhere deep inside me burning through my veins, turning my legs

00:20:47weak. All I could think about was the fitting room. Ethan's arms around my waist. His breath at my ear.

00:20:53That clean, intoxicating energy pouring off him and sinking into my skin. I just need him to hold

00:20:59me right now. That's it. Just hold me. If he came through that door and completely took me over,

00:21:06I don't know how much longer I can hold back. The lock turned again. The dark silhouette slipped inside

00:21:13and shut the door behind him. Then he locked it again. My breath caught. How long are you going?

00:21:19Keep driving me crazy like this, Jade. Mr. Frost? How did you get in here? I didn't do anything.

00:21:24I didn't even say anything. You didn't have to. Every single word. He moved closer. That overwhelming

00:21:30heat rolled over me, rich and controlled and dangerous. His hand pressed to the wall beside my

00:21:35head and he backed me into it with his body without ever fully touching where he should not. In the

00:21:40dark,

00:21:41he leaned down until his nose almost brushed mine. His voice was low, rough and far too steady. Then he

00:21:47repeated my own thoughts back to me, word for word, calm and merciless. I couldn't stop imagining

00:21:52Ethan's thick cock pushing against my pussy. Jade Summers, you've been undressing me in your head every

00:21:59day since the interview. Did you really think I couldn't hear you? From the moment you walked into

00:22:04my office on day one, every single word, I heard all of it. His voice was low and steady in

00:22:12the dark,

00:22:12but it carried a weight that made my knees want to give out. I stood there completely still,

00:22:18my mind blank. Day one? That means every thought? Every single insane thing I've been thinking about

00:22:25him? Every single one. He answered like he was reading from a file, his lips almost brushing my

00:22:32ear. Including? I want to tear him apart. My face burned with humiliation. I wanted the floor to open

00:22:40up and swallow me straight back to the abyss. A thousand years of dignity, gone. Destroyed in

00:22:46one storage. Heard that too. His breath scorched my skin as he pressed closer. Through the thin fabric

00:22:53of his dress pants, I could feel the unmistakable heat and hard shape of him pushing firmly against me.

00:22:59I tried to back away on instinct, but there was nowhere to go. The wall was already pressed against

00:23:04my spine. Still trying to run from me? There was something dangerous in his voice now. Not anger

00:23:10exactly. Something darker. Something tightly leashed. I wasn't running. I just... I mean... I could not

00:23:18form a proper sentence. My mouth was denying everything while my thoughts were already betraying me.

00:23:23I don't want to run. I'm just scared. Scared of jail. Scared of losing this job. Scared I'll actually let

00:23:31him do whatever he wants. Ethan let out one quiet laugh. Jail? That is what you're scared of?

00:23:38His fingers caught my jaw and tipped my chin up. Those eyes were always so cold. Not now. Now they

00:23:44looked like they could burn me alive. You weren't scared when you were imagining my pants on the floor

00:23:50and taking everything I have. My breath caught. That was private. Not to me.

00:23:57His thumb brushed along my jaw, slow enough to make my entire body tighten. Jade, listen to me.

00:24:03His voice dropped lower. I'm not calling the police. I swallowed hard. I'm not firing you.

00:24:10He leaned closer, every word deliberate. I'm done holding back. I'm going to give you

00:24:17every filthy thing you've been begging for. My breathing fell apart completely.

00:24:24Every word out of his mouth landed like a hook, catching on every nerve in my body.

00:24:28Give me what I want. Healy just said that. Does he even understand what he's offering?

00:24:34I do. He dipped his head, the tip of his nose brushing mine, his voice rough and low.

00:24:39From the day you walked into my office, I knew exactly what was going through your head.

00:24:43I didn't send you away. I didn't let you go. I kept pulling you closer on purpose.

00:24:48His hand settled firmly on my waist, strong but not forcing. Like he was giving me one final chance

00:24:53to back out. Ask yourself why. I opened my mouth, but no words came out.

00:24:58Why? Unless you actually want me just as badly? There it is. Then he pulled me in and kissed me

00:25:04hard. It was not tentative. It was not polite. It was not the careful, controlled kiss of a man asking

00:25:10permission with every breath. It was hunger finally breaking through restraint. Weeks of cold composure

00:25:16cracked open all at once, and the man underneath was anything but calm. One hand held the back of

00:25:21my head, keeping me from retreating. The other traced my waist, his touch leaving heat everywhere

00:25:26it landed. I could not breathe. My hands found his shoulders on their own. Fingers digging into

00:25:31the expensive fabric of his suit jacket. This man cannot be real. No one this controlled should

00:25:36kiss like this. Ethan pulled back half an inch, his mouth still brushing mine. Stay with me.

00:25:42Then he kissed me again. Deeper this time. Slower. More deliberate. Like he had decided I was done

00:25:48running, and he intended to make sure I remembered it. The storage room felt hotter by the second.

00:25:54His hand found the slit of my red dress and slipped beneath the fabric,

00:25:57his fingers grazing the inside of my thigh. The sound escaped before I could stop it.

00:26:03My whole body went soft against him. Ethan's breathing turned rougher.

00:26:06His hand moved higher, careful but devastating, stopping just short of the place that would

00:26:11have ruined every last bit of my self-control. Don't stop. Please don't stop now. His fingers

00:26:17tightened slightly against my thigh. I heard that. His hand was just about to move again when

00:26:22the storage room door exploded inward from a single kick.

00:26:27Victoria's voice rang down the entire corridor. Everyone, get over here. I found her. Frost

00:26:34the storage room during a company gala with some random man. Security, get them out here now.

00:26:39Victoria had brought security guards, senior executives, and half the gala with her. Her face

00:26:44was twisted with triumph, like she had been waiting all night to turn one private mistake into a public

00:26:50scandal. This is exactly what I warned you about. She is a liability. She disappears during work hours,

00:26:56drags some man into a restricted area, and puts the entire company's reputation at risk.

00:27:00The flashlight swept wildly across the room. Then the beam landed on us. On Ethan. On me pressed

00:27:07against the wall in his arms. Victoria's scream died in her throat. Ethan's jacket came down over

00:27:13my shoulders, heavy with cedar and body heat, covering me completely. He pulled me back against

00:27:19his chest, shielding me from every stare in the doorway. His shirt was rumpled. His collar hung open.

00:27:25His belt was half undone. And those eyes, usually distant and untouchable, were burning now with

00:27:31something dark enough to make every person at that door step back. He turned his head and swept the

00:27:36room with one look. Who the hell gave you permission to kick down my door?

00:27:41Mr. Mr. Frost?

00:27:43Her legs gave out. She dropped straight to the floor, her face white as paper. She had spent the whole

00:27:49night

00:27:49setting a trap for me. She had dragged half the company here to watch my downfall. But she never

00:27:54imagined the man she would catch with me would be Ethan Frost himself. I stayed tucked against Ethan's

00:28:00chest, feeling his heartbeat under my cheek. And for once I did not even try to hide my satisfaction.

00:28:05Well, surprise Victoria, you tried to ruin my night, and now he's about to ruin,

00:28:11ruin, your entire career. Honestly I could not have planned it better myself.

00:28:15Ethan's arm tightened possessively around my waist. He looked down at the woman collapsed on the floor

00:28:20with total indifference, his voice cold and final. He looked toward Leo, who had just pushed through

00:28:26the crowd. Take her to accounting. Have her office cleared before midnight. Then make sure she never

00:28:32sets foot inside Frost Capital again. The corridor was so quiet you could hear champagne bubbles popping

00:28:39in the next room. Victoria was still screaming as security dragged her away.

00:28:44Mr. Frost! You can't fire me over this! That little slut sedust you! You're not thinking clearly

00:28:51because of her! Her voice faded toward the elevator bank, then disappeared. Ethan did not even look in

00:28:58her direction. He bent down, scooped me up over his shoulder like I weighed nothing and started walking.

00:29:03Mr. Frost! Put me down! I can walk! I hung upside down against his back, half-heartedly patting his

00:29:10shoulder blades. He didn't stop. He carried me straight through the executive corridor and up to

00:29:15the penthouse suite at the top of the building. The suite door flew open with one powerful kick.

00:29:20Then it slammed shut and locked. The world spun, and I landed on the enormous soft bed, somewhere between

00:29:27being thrown and placed. Before I could even sit up, Ethan came down over me, all that intense,

00:29:32controlled power aimed straight at my body. His tie was already in his hand. He dropped it to the

00:29:37floor. Both palms pressed into the mattress on either side of my head, and those dark eyes had

00:29:42completely given up any pretense of being cold. We got interrupted earlier. His voice was rough and low,

00:29:48his breath hot against my face. We were way past pretending. He could hear every thought in my head.

00:29:54There was nothing left to hide. Something inside me finally broke. I reached up, grabbed his collar,

00:30:00and looked him straight in the eyes. We barely got started. You've been listening to every dirty

00:30:07thought. I've had this whole time, haven't you? I've been holding back for weeks. Tonight I'm done

00:30:15holding back. I let one finger trace slowly down the center of his chest. Something dark shifted in his

00:30:21eyes. The last bit of restraint in him snapped. He repeated my own thoughts back to me, his voice low

00:30:27and

00:30:28deliberate. That body looks incredible. I could ride him into the ground. Jade, if you say stop tonight,

00:30:37we're not stopping. He pulled me into a deep, demanding kiss. The man everyone knew as cold,

00:30:42composed, and completely uninterested in women turned out to be absolutely devastating the moment the door

00:30:48closed. That night, I learned exactly what happens when a man with that much self-control finally lets it

00:30:54snap. He was relentless. Thorough. Like a man who had spent years starving in the desert and had

00:31:00finally found the one thing he wanted. Once he had me he had no intention of letting go. He found

00:31:05every

00:31:05weak spot I had and used them against me again and again, until I was clinging to him and begging

00:31:10him

00:31:10to slow down. I'm a succubus. I don't beg. And yet here I was. By morning, pale light spilled through

00:31:17the floor to ceiling windows. I opened my eyes feeling like I had survived a wreck. Every part

00:31:22of me ached in ways that were far too specific to ignore. Cold, restrained, and completely uninterested

00:31:28in women? What? What a joke. I am a thousand-year-old suffogos who came to this world to feed

00:31:35on men,

00:31:36and last night I was the one who had to tap out. The humiliation is unreal. I had barely finished

00:31:42my

00:31:42internal rant when a strong warm arm wrapped around me from behind and pulled me back against his solid

00:31:47chest. Complaining about me again? His voice was low, rough, and far too relaxed for a man who had

00:31:53ruined my dignity only a few hours ago. His lips brushed the back of my neck. Sounds like last night

00:31:59still wasn't enough. My whole body went tense. Ethan gave a quiet laugh and was already rolling me back

00:32:04toward him when every phone on the nightstand lit up at once. The mood snapped. In half a second,

00:32:10Ethan went from lazy and satisfied to ice cold. The temperature in the room seemed to drop 10

00:32:15degrees. I leaned over to look. The financial gossip pages in social media had exploded.

00:32:21Frost Capital's new female assistant has a history of workplace sexual harassment.

00:32:26Woman accused of touching multiple male co-workers at previous firm, nearly arrested. The article

00:32:32included a clear surveillance photo. Me. My very first day in this world. Hand slipped inside a

00:32:38co-worker's shirt. Right below it was the official termination notice from my old job. The evidence

00:32:43looked damning. I went completely rigid. Victoria's final parting gift? She must have leaked it on her

00:32:49way out. Ethan stared at the screenshot. A vein throbbing in his temple, his grip on the phone so

00:32:56tight his knuckles turned white. He turned to me, his eyes burning with a mix of fury and something far

00:33:02more dangerous. You were terrified of the police. Scared I'd report you. That's because you actually

00:33:09almost got arrested for this, isn't it? My stomach dropped. Mr. Frost, please hear me out. I had just

00:33:16arrived in this world. I was so starved I was about to lose my physical form. I only needed a

00:33:21little

00:33:21energy to survive and that guy was barely worth anything. His energy was like a 3 out of 10. I

00:33:26barely touched his hand and HR was already dragging me out. He was a sad little street stack. You are

00:33:32a

00:33:32full 5-beg course meal. Why the hell would I even look at anyone else after tasting you? The murderous

00:33:37look on Ethan's face faltered for just a second. The jealousy in his eyes didn't fade. If anything,

00:33:42it burned even hotter. He let out a sharp, humorless laugh and moved toward me. So what you're saying

00:33:48is I'm not satisfying you enough and you're already thinking about going somewhere else? How many men's

00:33:53abs have you touched exactly? Before I could figure out how to handle a jealous, possessive CEO,

00:33:57his personal line rang. Leo's voice came through on speaker, tense and urgent. Mr. Frost, Victoria and

00:34:05her father, board director Warren, have taken over the top floor conference room with six other board

00:34:13members. They've seen the morning news. They're claiming you're protecting someone with a sexual

00:34:20harassment record and it's destroying the firm's reputation. Warren is demanding you hand over

00:34:26operational control right now. They've also called the police. Officers are already waiting in the lobby.

00:34:34The jealousy in Ethan's eyes turned ice cold in an instant. He threw back the covers and stood up,

00:34:40grabbing a fresh white shirt from the wardrobe. He buttoned it with slow, precise movements,

00:34:45each one cold and calculated. His hands paused on his tie. He glanced over his shoulder at me,

00:34:51his voice sharp. Get dressed. Come deal with the mess you started. Anyone who thinks they can come

00:34:58after me is going to learn exactly what that cost them today. Thirty minutes later, the top floor

00:35:04conference room at Frost Capital. The moment we pushed open the doors, the entire room fell silent.

00:35:09Board members lined both sides of the long table, watching with barely hidden anticipation. Warren

00:35:15sat at the center, his pampered face arranged in smug confidence. Victoria was right beside her father.

00:35:21The second she saw me, she shot out of her chair. There she is. That shameless woman has the nerve

00:35:27to

00:35:27show her face here after everything she's done. She slammed a stack of surveillance screenshots onto the

00:35:32table. Look at these. Your precious new assistant is a predator. Because of her disgusting scandal,

00:35:38the company stock hit its lower limit this morning. Mr. Frost, if you don't hand her over to the

00:35:42police downstairs right now, you are just as guilty. The room buzzed with whispers. Every eye in the room

00:35:48turned on me like knives. Ethan sat at the head of the table, expression completely blank, fingers

00:35:54tapping slowly against the surface. The silence was suffocating. The board members took it as a sign that

00:36:00Ethan was about to fold and cut me loose. Victoria clearly read it the same way. She stormed around the

00:36:06table in her heels and came straight for me, arm already swinging. You worthless little tramp!

00:36:11Let me do this company a favor! A sharp crack echoed through the room, but I was the one still

00:36:18standing. While everyone watched in shock, I caught Victoria's wrist mid-swing with a grip like steel.

00:36:24A thousand years as a succubus meant my strength had nothing to do with how much energy I'd taken lately.

00:36:29He was no match for me. I twisted her wrist and shoved her away hard.

00:36:33She stumbled backward in her heels and crashed hard onto the conference room floor.

00:36:38You just attacked someone in front of the entire board?!

00:36:41I brushed my hands off and looked down at Victoria with a slow, cold smile.

00:36:46You want to dig up the past? Fine. Let's dig deep.

00:36:50I walked to the table, picked up one of the surveillance photos, and held it up for everyone to see.

00:36:56Yes, that's me.

00:36:58I touched a co-worker. I got fired for it. We were both single and I accepted the consequences.

00:37:04Is that really worth calling the police? I dropped the photo directly onto Victoria's face.

00:37:09What's more interesting is you, Victoria. Last night, you paid a hacker to illegally break into my former

00:37:16employer's servers, stole that footage, and used company money to buy trending spots, and bought traffic.

00:37:23I pulled a black USB drive from my jacket and slammed it down in the middle of the table.

00:37:28Wire transfers, chat logs, a signed confession from the hacker, everything.

00:37:36You want to talk about who deserves prison time? Start with yourself.

00:37:43Victoria's face went from grey to deathly white. She was shaking so hard she could barely stay upright.

00:37:49You're making all of this up! None of that is real!

00:37:53I kept my expression calm while internally I was counting down.

00:37:56Three, two, one. Babe, your turn. I just laid every card I have on the table.

00:38:02If you don't back me up right now, tonight I'm going to find a delivery guy to feed on,

00:38:06and you can deal with the consequences. Though honestly, even when he's just sitting there looking serious,

00:38:11why does he have to be so damn attractive? I want to crawl into his lap and kiss him until

00:38:16he loses his voice.

00:38:17Ethan's fingers, which had been steadily tapping the table, suddenly stopped.

00:38:22A flash of something crossed his face. He shot me a quick look that clearly said,

00:38:26control those thoughts right now. His ear had gone noticeably red. He looked away,

00:38:32regained his composure and gave Leo a small nod. Leo stepped forward and pressed a button.

00:38:37The large screen came alive, showing every transaction Victoria had made the night before,

00:38:42followed by a confession video Leo had clearly secured himself. The room erupted. Warren watched

00:38:48his daughter collapse and finally dropped his smug smile. But this was a man who had survived decades

00:38:53on Wall Street. He recovered quickly. Mr. Frost, impulsive decisions have consequences at your age.

00:39:00Victoria made a mistake and I'll handle her privately. But don't forget that hundred billion

00:39:04cross-border acquisition, I brookered it. The other party trusts me and only me. He lifted his chin arrogantly.

00:39:09You move against us today and that deal vanishes immediately.

00:39:14I leaned against the table and studied the old man's self-satisfied face.

00:39:19Something twisted in my stomach. I closed my eyes and fully opened the succubus ability I had been

00:39:24holding back all week. Great. Plus. Hidden secrets. They came to me like a clear scent. Within seconds,

00:39:31Warren's entire dirty hand was laid out in my mind like an open book.

00:39:35A hundred billion deal. Please. Sweetheart. This man has three mistresses. Four offshore properties

00:39:42in the Cayman Islands and Kyprus. Paid for with laundered money from this very deal.

00:39:48The shell companies are even named after his mistress's initials. He's actually that stupid.

00:39:54He moved 40 million into one of them just this month.

00:39:57At the head of the table, Ethan's fingers went completely still on the folder. He was receiving

00:40:03every shocking detail straight through my thoughts. He slowly raised his head. The way he looked at

00:40:08Warren now was pure predator. The look of someone who already knew every card on the table and found

00:40:13the whole game boring. The corner of his mouth curved slightly. The hundred billion acquisition,

00:40:19Warren? You really think I was only looking into your daughter last night? The confidence drained

00:40:23from Warren's face degree by degree. Mr. Frost? Ethan pressed the remote without another word.

00:40:28The screen switched to a full forensic audit report. The critical findings highlighted in stark red.

00:40:34Page after page of transactions. Layered offshore shell company charts. Every thread leading back to one

00:40:40name. Warren? Ethan rose slowly from his chair. Then slammed a thick stack of documents onto the

00:40:46conference table. Papers flew everywhere. Five years. 400 million dollars. Every transaction,

00:40:54every count, every shell company named after your mistress. It's all right here, Warren.

00:40:57With this kind of evidence staring you in the face, you don't even get to beg for mercy.

00:41:01The senior directors who had been backing him went pale. One by one, they quietly scooted their chairs back,

00:41:08desperate to distance themselves from the father-daughter disaster. Warren's legs gave out. His face turned

00:41:14ash white as he collapsed back into his chair, lips trembling, unable to speak a single word. I leaned

00:41:20against the table and watched Ethan backlit, spine straight, completely dismantling the old fox

00:41:25without breaking his sweat. I couldn't help myself. God, he's unreal. My knees are gone. There it is.

00:41:33My Secubia instincts are firing hard. I want to throw him down on this conference table right now and ride

00:41:39him until he can't think straight. Ethan's posture stiffened slightly. At an angle no one else could

00:41:45see, the tips of his ears turned a deep red. He swung his head around and shot me a sharp

00:41:50look that said,

00:41:51control yourself right now. I stuck my tongue out at him. Just then, the conference room doors burst

00:41:56open. Several officers from the financial crimes unit walked in, faces grim and determined. Warren,

00:42:02you're under arrest for embezzlement and large-scale money laundry. Come with us. The cold click of

00:42:07handcuffs snapped around Warren's wrists. Victoria went wild next, thrashing and screaming that I had

00:42:13done this to her. But two officers pinned her down and cuffed her anyway. The pair who had been

00:42:17untouchable minutes earlier were dragged out of the room like common criminals. Dead silence fell over

00:42:23the room. The remaining directors were sweating through their suits, barely daring to breathe. Ethan

00:42:28swept the room with a cold, measured stare. Does anyone here have a problem with Miss Summers staying at

00:42:34this company? Every director shook their heads frantically. No problem. Absolutely none.

00:42:40We're done here. In under 10 seconds, every director bolted, clutching their files and nearly

00:42:45tripping over each other to get out. The moment the door clicked shut, Ethan grabbed the remote and

00:42:50locked the conference room doors. The floor-to-ceiling blinds descended slowly, cutting off every bit of the

00:42:56Manhattan skyline. The room went dark. I was reaching for my glass of water, still riding the

00:43:02adrenaline when Ethan crossed the room in long, powerful strides. His presence hit me before he

00:43:08even touched me. That rich cedar scent mixed with raw heat. He grabbed my wrist and pressed me hard

00:43:13against the edge of the conference table. Warren and Victoria's bill is paid. Now it's time to settle

00:43:19ours. He leaned down, eyes locking onto mine with intense focus. Answer me. How many guys abs have you

00:43:26actually touched? That one with the energy score of three, was it really worth it? Worth it? Please.

00:43:32Nothing compares to that insane waste of his. He's in a completely different league and he knows it.

00:43:37That was all it took. Whatever control he had left snapped. He grabbed me by the waist, lifted me off

00:43:43the

00:43:43ground and set me down in the middle of the paper covered conference table. Camera's are off.

00:43:49Now I want you to show me every dirty thought that's been running through that head of yours.

00:43:54All of it. He pressed forward and kissed me hard. Several hours later, after we had thoroughly used

00:44:00every inch of that conference room, an anonymous investigative report landed at a media office

00:44:05somewhere in New York. The document was clear. Jade Summers. No social records, no enrollment history,

00:44:12no employment trail before five years ago. Appeared out of nowhere. Suspected false identity.

00:44:17Possible corporate infiltrator. The heat from the conference room had barely faded when the story

00:44:24exploded the next morning. A major feature titled Frost Capital's Executive Advisor. Who is she really?

00:44:31Tore through every financial outlet. The piece questioned my complete lack of digital footprint or

00:44:36work history before five years ago. I sat at my desk staring at the blazing red headline,

00:44:41palms sweating. This was bad. My five years ago, belonged to someone else's body in another life.

00:44:47There was no paper trail because there couldn't be one. Around me, the interns and junior analysts had

00:44:53dropped all deference. I was nervously tugging at the hem of my blazer when the executive suite door

00:44:58opened. Ethan walked out holding a printed copy of the report, his expression ice cold. He didn't look

00:45:04at anyone else. He caught my wrist and pulled me straight into his private lounge. The door shut.

00:45:09He pressed me down onto the sofa, sat across from me and stared at the report in silence for a

00:45:15long

00:45:15moment. Here it comes. He's going to ask who I really am and how I appeared out of thin air.

00:45:21What do I even say? That I'm a suck-a-bore who needs men's intimate energy to survive? Is he

00:45:26going

00:45:26to think I'm a monster and try to lock me away? My mind was spiraling into disaster scenarios. Across

00:45:33from me, a vein ticked in Ethan's temple. He finally took a slow breath and set the report down.

00:45:38What do you want for dinner tonight? I froze completely.

00:45:43Every lie I had prepared got stuck in my throat. I just stared at him. You're not going to ask?

00:45:49The whole internet is calling me a spy or a sleeper agent? Ethan stood and straightened his

00:45:54cuffs with that same calm composure. I'm curious. Then why aren't you- Because I've already heard

00:45:59every single thought. He met my eyes, patient and certain. The ones when you can't sleep. The ones when

00:46:05you're panicking about prison. The ones where you imagined me locking you up. I heard all of it.

00:46:10He stepped closer and caged me against the sofa with his body. I know what you are. A creature

00:46:15who survives on men's energy. That's it. What else do you want me to ask? He had known all along,

00:46:21and still draped his jacket over me in the break room. Still protected me. Still put Victoria and her

00:46:26father behind bars. A thousand years of watching people's faces twist in fear, disgust, or greed when they

00:46:33learned the truth. And this man acted like it was nothing. My eyes stung. My toes burned. He's not

00:46:39right in the head. He's supposed to be allergic to women. He's supposed to run. But he's not afraid

00:46:45of me at all. Fine. If you're not scared, then tonight I'm going to wreck you completely.

00:46:52You'll be the one begging. Ethan's cufflink slipped from his fingers.

00:46:56Jade, shut up. I laughed through the tears and winked at him.

00:47:03Ethan didn't seem to care about the rumors, but the internet and his competitors did.

00:47:08Rival firms smelled blood and moved fast, coordinating with the media and calling board

00:47:12members directly, questioning whether Frost Capital could be trusted. That afternoon,

00:47:17Ethan called an emergency board meeting. I sat in the corner officially just observing.

00:47:22The atmosphere was even worse than last time. Two old guard directors slammed the morning paper on

00:47:27the table and came out swinging. Mr. Frost, Jade Summers has no background. All of Wall Street is

00:47:34laughing at us. Our partners are questioning if she's a corporate spy. You need to fire her immediately

00:47:41and hand her over for investigation. Ethan sat at the head of the table, turning a pen slowly between

00:47:48his fingers, the air around him freezing cold. Done. His voice was flat. He didn't even look up.

00:47:54Mr. Frost, watch your tone. This affects the entire firm. Ethan finally looked up, eyes empty and cold.

00:48:00He slid two documents across the table. These are records of the internal accounts you two leakered to

00:48:05a competitor. On the subject of spies, you two seem far more experienced than my advisor. Sign the resignation

00:48:10and share transfer papers now, or I call the Financial Crimes Unit in five minutes. Your choice.

00:48:16Less than two minutes later, both directors signed with shaking hands and left as fast as they could.

00:48:23The room fell deathly quiet. The remaining directors stared at the table like it was the

00:48:28most fascinating thing in the world. Ethan straightened his tie, signed the latest restructuring

00:48:33document with one smooth stroke and spoke calmly. Effective immediately, the senior director position

00:48:38is dissolved. Jade Summers is now my executive advisor, with authority equal to mine on all matters.

00:48:44I nearly jumped out of my seat in the corner. Okay, wow, that's a serious power move. But he fought

00:48:49that hard for me and didn't even ask if I wanted it. Sure, the position gives me better access to

00:48:53high-quality energy, but I was planning to stay low-key. This dominantic man. I want to wrap my legs

00:48:59around him and make him pay for it. Ethan went completely still at the head of the table. He set

00:49:04his pen down and looked straight at me across the room. You don't want it? Every director turned,

00:49:09completely confused about who he was talking to. My face burned. I forced a gracious smile.

00:49:15Of course I do, Mr. Frost. It's an honor to serve under you. The tiniest smirk touched the

00:49:20corner of Ethan's mouth before disappearing behind his usual cold mask. The new title called for a new

00:49:27look. That evening, Ethan took me to a black-tie multinational finance dinner at one of Manhattan's

00:49:33most exclusive hotels. I ditched the conservative blazer and wore the red gown, deep V-neckline open

00:49:39back, thigh-high slit. The moment we entered the ballroom, every head turned. The contrast between

00:49:45my bold dress and Ethan's cold, untouchable presence was electric. The whispers about my

00:49:50mysterious past followed us. Before I could even take a sip of wine, rival executives approached with

00:49:56sharp smiles. Congratulations on the rapid rise, Ms. Summers. We've all been wondering,

00:50:02what exactly is your background that managed to captivate our famously unavailable Mr. Frost?

00:50:08All eyes turned toward us. I twirled my wine glass slowly, keeping a perfect,

00:50:13polite smile while my succubus senses scanned the table. This one looks like an overfed French rye,

00:50:18energy level two at best. Looking at him longer should count as emotional damage.

00:50:24The rest of the table is even worse. Combined, they don't come close to one finger of my man.

00:50:31Across the table, Ethan's fingers tightened slightly around his glass the moment I thought,

00:50:36my man. He was clearly fighting his smile. Ethan lifted his glass to hide the small,

00:50:43indulgent smile tugging at his lips. His dark eyes found mine across the room,

00:50:48sending heat straight through me. Nothing to say, Mrs. Summers? Could the media be right,

00:50:55that you have no real history at all? I was about to handle it my way when Ethan

00:51:00set his glass down. The entire room went silent. He stood, walked around the table, and stopped

00:51:06directly behind me. In front of every major player in Manhattan, he laced his fingers through mine and

00:51:11held my hand tight. Does anyone here have a problem with what's mine? His voice was quiet,

00:51:18but the word mine landed like a hammer. Hammer flashes exploded around us. Oh my god,

00:51:24that was the hottest thing I've seen in a thousand years. I'm in trouble. His energy is pouring into me,

00:51:33and I need to drag him to the nearest bathroom right now. Ethan's grip tightened. He leaned down,

00:51:39voice low against my ear. Jade, enough.

00:51:45The next morning, photos of Ethan claiming me publicly spread like wildfire across Wall Street.

00:51:51Frost Capital's official account then posted a rare personal statement confirming I was his

00:51:56full representative for all business and personal matters. The spy stories vanished overnight.

00:52:01I sat in Ethan's executive chair reading the flood of congratulatory messages when he appeared in the

00:52:07doorway, jacket off. Comfortable in that chair?

00:52:14I stood and wrapped my arms around his neck, pressing myself against him. Crisis handled. Time to

00:52:21deliver on my promise to drain him completely and make him beg. Right here. Right now. The thought hit

00:52:27him hard. His eyes dropped to the slit in my skirt. His control finally broke. He pressed me against the

00:52:34door and locked it. You've been driving me crazy with those thoughts every day. If you try to run now,

00:52:40you're not leaving this room for three days. His lips moved down my collarbone while his hands worked

00:52:47urgently at the red dress. His raw energy washed over me in powerful waves. I was losing control fast.

00:52:54He was definitely holding back before. This is too much. I'm not going to survive. Wait. He's

00:53:00actually tearing the dress. We're in the executive suite. There are people right outside this door.

00:53:05Survival instinct kicked in hard. I yelped, ducked, and slipped out of his grip, scrambling behind the

00:53:11desk. Mr. Frost, please control yourself. It's still business hours. If Leo walks in, we're both finished.

00:53:20I crouched behind the desk, trying to fix my ruined dress. Ethan stood against the door,

00:53:25chest heaving, staring at the spot where I had been. The vein in his temple pulsed. You spend every

00:53:30waking second fantasizing about this. But the moment it starts happening, you run faster than anyone I've

00:53:35ever seen. Are you torturing me on purpose? I stayed behind the desk and tried my most innocent look.

00:53:43I'm just being a responsible employee. Modern society values restraint and professionism.

00:53:50Okay, mostly I don't want to die of embarrassment. But what I just saw was terrifying. If we actually

00:53:56do this, he might break me. I'm genuinely not sure I'd survive. He heard everything.

00:54:02The panic and the helpless desire underneath. Some of the fury left his face. He exhaled,

00:54:08crossed the room and gently pulled me out from behind the desk. Instead of continuing,

00:54:13he carefully fixed the broken strap of my dress with surprising patience. I stared at his profile

00:54:18and felt my heart do things it had no right to do. This man isn't fair. Top-tier energy is

00:54:23one thing,

00:54:23but this? I've been doing this for a thousand years. I cannot be falling for a human CEO. I refuse.

00:54:30His hands stilled. He looked down at me with quiet certainty.

00:54:34Tonight, my place in the hills. We're not in the office there. I never said I was going home with

00:54:39-

00:54:43You don't have a choice.

00:54:50That evening, the Maybach pulled up to Ethan's private estate in the hills, an extravagant glass

00:54:56and stone property with sweeping views. I stood in the grand marble entryway giving myself a pep talk.

00:55:02Keep it together. This is just strategic energy access, nothing more. I'm not getting attached to

00:55:08a repressed CEO. I'm a cold-blooded suck-a-boss here for the buffet. I'm not getting domesticated.

00:55:13My suitcase suddenly lifted. Ethan had taken off his jacket. He carried my heavy bag with one hand

00:55:19like it weighed nothing. Strategic resource acquisition? I short-circuited. I always forgot he

00:55:24could hear everything. Can you let me finish a thought before you respond? He walked a few steps,

00:55:29then stopped and turned around slowly. His dark eyes held mine with complete certainty.

00:55:34Jade.

00:55:35Just my name low, rough, and warm. Like he had been saying it for years. My heart dropped.

00:55:40It's over. I'm completely done for.

00:55:45The first week at the estate wasn't the chaos I expected. Every night Ethan pulled me against his

00:55:50burning body, but outside of that he showed surprising restraint. That only made my instincts

00:55:56scream louder that something was wrong. He had been coming home later and later,

00:56:00holding closed-door meetings with Leo in the study. Every time I approached the conversation died

00:56:05instantly. I leaned against the hallway wall, fruit plate in hand, spiraling. Does he think I'm too much

00:56:12trouble? Is he about to cut me loose at the next board meeting? Or has he already arranged with some

00:56:18secret lab to study me and lock me away in a cage? The study door opened. Ethan caught the full

00:56:25tail end

00:56:25of my spiral. His expression shifted rapidly. The vein in his temple throbbed. He took the plate from my

00:56:32hands, pulled me into the study and pressed me against the desk. Jade Summers, out of all the thoughts

00:56:40that run through your head. Is even one of them capable of trusting me?

00:56:48I looked sideways, avoiding his eyes. I'm just reading the signs. The internet already says I'm

00:56:54nobody. You were gonna cut me loose eventually. Ethan laughed without humor. His fingers tightened

00:56:59on my waist, forcing me to meet his gaze. Cut you loose? Take a look at this.

00:57:05He dropped a thick legal document in front of me. The title was clear. Irrevocable Permanent

00:57:11Declaration of Asset Consolidation and Joint Equity. He had transferred half of all his core

00:57:16assets, including Frost Capital, into my name permanently. I couldn't speak. He just handed me

00:57:22half his life behind my back? On Wall Street, where everything is calculated. He split his entire

00:57:29fortune with a woman who barely exists? Is he insane? My eyes filled with tears.

00:57:34Ethan gently wiped the tear from my cheek. The media can't find your past. That's their failure,

00:57:40not yours. If they say you have no history, then I'll give you the strongest one in America.

00:57:43Starting today, you're my full partner at Frost Capital and my future wife.

00:57:49I stared at the documents, speechless for a long time. He gave me half of everything just because I

00:57:55was scared? This man must have some kind of beautiful brain damage. No brain damage.

00:58:00I snapped my head up and glared at him. Can you stop finishing my thoughts?

00:58:06Then stop thinking them so loudly. I took a deep breath and laid everything out.

00:58:12Ethan, I'm not from this world. I crossed over a few months ago. The person in those old photos

00:58:16isn't me. Every record I have here is fake. You just split your billion-dollar empire with someone

00:58:21who doesn't legally exist. Are you actually crazy? Are you done? He leaned back, completely calm.

00:58:25First, I don't care if your identity is real. Second, I didn't do this out of pity. I did it

00:58:30because I wanted to. Third, you crossed over. That makes this even simpler. He leaned forward,

00:58:36his presence overwhelming. If you have nothing in this world, then you need a home even more.

00:58:40Home? This pure golden energy man just offered a suckvo a home. I want to rip his clothes off

00:58:45and destroy him right now. We're just employer and employee. As of now, we're full partners,

00:58:50and you're my fiancé. I never agreed to that. And in your heart, you haven't refused either.

00:58:54I raised my hand in frustration, and he caught my wrist mid-air, fingers scorching and precise.

00:58:59Jade, I don't care what abyss you came from. You're here now, on my turf. I'm not letting

00:59:06you starve, and I'm not letting anyone lock you away. His dark eyes burned with raw possessiveness.

00:59:12This isn't a transaction. It's a choice I'm giving you.

00:59:18That night, I didn't sleep at all. My head was too loud. For a thousand years in the abyss,

00:59:23men were nothing more than quick snacks to me. When I crossed into this world, all I wanted was

00:59:28to steal enough premium energy to survive. Somehow I ended up owning half a billion dollar empire and

00:59:34becoming the fiancé of Manhattan's most celibate man, completely wrapped around his finger.

00:59:39Did I completely flip the Succopore survival manual upside down? I was supposed to be the one

00:59:44running circles around him. How did I end up the one getting reeled in with property deeds and warm

00:59:49milk? This is dangerous. The more I think about it, the hungrier I get. My legs are going weak

00:59:56again. I tossed on the silk sheets until two in the morning, then gave up and headed to the kitchen

01:00:01for water. The moment I pushed the door open, I froze. Ethan stood at the counter in a loose black

01:00:06silk robe, collar open, warming milk. Moonlight poured through the window, highlighting his collarbone

01:00:11and the hard lines of his chest. That rich, intoxicating wave of pure masculine energy slammed into me.

01:00:17Figured you couldn't sleep. He turned, dark eyes carrying a lazy heat and handed me the warm mug.

01:00:22I swallowed hard, fighting the urge to lunge at him, and hesitated. You really don't mind? I'm not

01:00:28even human, and I constantly narrate every dirty thought I have about you. No one here knew the old

01:00:34me. Doesn't that make me some kind of dangerous freak? Ethan leaned against the counter and let out

01:00:39a low, rough laugh. You think someone who's heard every greedy, filthy, calculating thought people

01:00:44have since Yash Day. Has any room to judge a straightforward little suck of her? He stepped

01:00:48forward, took the mug from my hands, and set it aside. You're the cleanest thing I've ever met.

01:00:54You think it, you say it, at least in your head. You're hungry, you admit you want to devour me.

01:00:59You're scared, you admit you're scared. Even when you're trying to get to bed, you're completely

01:01:02honest. No games, no lies. He bent down, lips brushing my ear, breath hot and heavy.

01:01:08Jade, for me that's more than enough. Oh my god, this man who barely flirted in his life just said

01:01:15something ten times deadlier than any dirty line I could come up with. My legs are done. I want him

01:01:20to pin me against this counter and take me right here, right now. The next day at Frost Capital,

01:01:27everything looked normal on the surface. I sat in my new executive office, tugging at my collar,

01:01:32replaying his low, burning voice from the kitchen. How does a man made of ice become even more dangerous

01:01:37when he gets warm? Did he secretly take an advanced flirting masterclass? My phone buzzed.

01:01:43Embarrassment shot through me. I jumped up and stormed down to the executive suite in my heels.

01:01:49Ethan Frost, can you stop eavesdropping on my thoughts every single second?

01:01:53Ethan looked up from his contracts, leaned back in his chair, tie perfect, expression cool and

01:01:58untouchable. When you think things that loudly, it's impossible to ignore. I fell apart.

01:02:05What do you mean loudly? I was just doing an objective review of your body from last night.

01:02:09What if I think about you locking that door right now and pressing me down on this desk?

01:02:13Is that loud enough? Three seconds later, Ethan set down his pen.

01:02:17He stood, shrugged off his jacket and locked the door with a click.

01:02:26Yes.

01:02:26He walked toward me with calm certainty and planted both hands on the desk,

01:02:30caging me in. We either quiet down in there or we handle it right now.

01:02:34I forgot how to breathe. My body melted against him even as I tried to keep up the act.

01:02:40What do you mean? Handle it?

01:02:42Ethan lowered his head until his lips nearly touched mine, voice rough.

01:02:46For example, finishing what we started in the kitchen last night.

01:02:50This man is flirting while his ears are turning bright red.

01:02:53That contrast is criminal. It should be illegal.

01:02:55Jade, don't look at me like that. I can hear you.

01:03:01That evening, Ethan drove me to a quiet private restaurant in Manhattan.

01:03:05Candlelight, expensive red wine, no staff hovering.

01:03:09I wore a tight black slip dress.

01:03:11He had loosened his tie and undone the top button of his shirt.

01:03:15Without the tie, he looks a little less like a monk,

01:03:17but that tiny hint of recklessness makes him even more dangerous.

01:03:20That throat, that collarbone, he's perfect.

01:03:24Ethan's fingers tightened around his wine glass.

01:03:27Thank you for the review.

01:03:28I bit into my stake and shot him a look.

01:03:31I was thinking that in my head.

01:03:33I heard every word.

01:03:35I gave up fighting and slid my hand under the table,

01:03:38squeezing his thigh through his pants.

01:03:40Since you have a direct line to my brain,

01:03:42can you at least mute it sometimes?

01:03:44Give a girl some privacy?

01:03:46Can't turn it off.

01:03:50He poured wine and brought the glass to my lips.

01:03:53Eyes dark in the candlelight.

01:03:55But I can promise not to take every wild thought you have seriously.

01:03:58Oh yeah?

01:03:58Which ones don't you take seriously?

01:04:00Like when you tell yourself every night that you're gonna get on top

01:04:03and drain me until I'm begging for mercy.

01:04:06I nearly choked on the wine.

01:04:07For the record, I meant every word of that.

01:04:09Ethan's hand froze.

01:04:11His eyes ignited with raw hunger.

01:04:12Is that so?

01:04:13Then starting tonight, I'm taking that thought very seriously.

01:04:17Is this man reverse trapping me right now?

01:04:19Yes.

01:04:21I laughed, equal parts delighted and furious,

01:04:24and pinched his thigh hard.

01:04:25Ethan Frost, you're supposed to be Wall Street's coldest predator.

01:04:29When did you learn to talk like a damn romance hero?

01:04:32Ethan leaned across the table and caught my wrist, voice low and gravelly.

01:04:36I'm a businessman in the boardroom.

01:04:38But when it comes to you, I'm your man.

01:04:41And I plan on making every filthy idea in your head real, in bed.

01:04:45It's over.

01:04:47A thousand years of experience, and this human is about to take me down.

01:04:53The dinner lasted two full hours.

01:04:56By the end, my legs were weak from the constant wave of his energy.

01:04:59Ethan barely spoke, but his thumb kept tracing slow circles over my knuckles,

01:05:04proper on the surface, but full of promise underneath.

01:05:07I set down my fork and stared at his handsome, cold face.

01:05:11I've always wondered, when exactly did you realize I wasn't human?

01:05:17Day one.

01:05:18The second you walked into my office.

01:05:21Day one?

01:05:22All you knew was that I had a very active inner monolah shock.

01:05:27It was more than that.

01:05:29He leaned back, exuding pure power.

01:05:31When you walked in, something about you felt different.

01:05:37I've sensed greed and corruption in people since I was a child.

01:05:41But with you, it was bold, yes.

01:05:45Your thoughts about me were wild.

01:05:47But your desire was pure.

01:05:50It wasn't until you screamed internally that you were a succubus, that I confirmed it.

01:05:56So you knew I was some kind of energy-hungry creature?

01:06:00Who wanted to devour you, and you still hired me?

01:06:03What kind of risk management is that?

01:06:05Ethan suddenly leaned across the table, gripped my jaw, and tilted my face up, eyes burning.

01:06:10The most desire I see is full of lie and power plays.

01:06:14Yours was honest.

01:06:15You wanted me because your instincts said so.

01:06:18That makes you more real than anyone who's ever walked through my door.

01:06:23Help.

01:06:24I spend all day mentally trying to get into this man's pants, and he calls that clean and pure?

01:06:30My values are fine.

01:06:33I've just finally found the real thing.

01:06:38When we left the restaurant, a light rain had just stopped.

01:06:41Ethan draped his jacket over my shoulders without a word and took my hand, fingers tightly laced.

01:06:47We walked slowly down the quiet sidewalk.

01:06:49This might be the first time it's just us.

01:06:52No reporters.

01:06:53No drama.

01:06:54Just him walking with me like a normal boyfriend.

01:06:57Hmm.

01:06:59What's the M for?

01:07:01I heard everything you just thought.

01:07:05I laughed and leaned into him, going soft against his shoulder.

01:07:08Tell me, Mr. CEO.

01:07:10You've really never dated before?

01:07:11No Harris's or models ever caught your eye?

01:07:14No.

01:07:14Then how are you so good at all of this?

01:07:16You talk like you came with built-in charm software.

01:07:18Ethan stopped under a street lamp.

01:07:19He cradled the back of my head and tilted my face up.

01:07:22Because with you, I don't need experience.

01:07:25The second I hear your thoughts, I just know what to do.

01:07:28He kissed my forehead, then the bridge of my nose stopping just at the corner of my mouth.

01:07:33Let's go home.

01:07:36He said home.

01:07:39Not the estate.

01:07:41Home.

01:07:44My position as executive advisor grew stronger every day.

01:07:48The old board members now avoided eye contact when I passed.

01:07:51In public, Ethan remained the icy, lethal CEO.

01:07:55But the second the office door locked, all that restrained power came rushing out for me alone.

01:08:00Like when he brought me warm milk late at night and just watched me with that hungry look.

01:08:04Like when I got caught staring at his body in a meeting and he abruptly ended a billion-dollar call.

01:08:08Like waking up on the office couch wrapped in his jacket and his arms.

01:08:12How does he do it?

01:08:14Ice god in public and completely addictive behind closed doors.

01:08:17This breaks every law of biology.

01:08:20Ethan looked up from his reports.

01:08:21A faint glint of amusement in his eyes.

01:08:24Because you spend all day loudly complimenting my body in your head.

01:08:27My face burned.

01:08:29I do not.

01:08:31You just finished planning exactly which position you want to use tonight.

01:08:35To drain me completely.

01:08:37I gave up pretending.

01:08:38I walked over, straddled his lap, and hooked a finger in his shirt.

01:08:42Since you hear everything anyway, this weekend.

01:08:45You and me at a normal movie theater.

01:08:47No suit.

01:08:48No Leo.

01:08:49No meetings.

01:08:50A real date.

01:08:51You in?

01:08:52Ethan's hand slid slowly under my skirt, resting on my inner thigh.

01:08:56Yes.

01:08:57As long as you don't run halfway through, I'll go anywhere with you.

01:09:05That Saturday, Ethan showed up in a black turtleneck and long coat, looking dangerously casual.

01:09:10Every woman nearby stared.

01:09:12I wrapped my arm around his, claiming him.

01:09:14Look at you, out of your suit and still causing chaos.

01:09:17Hearts are breaking left and right.

01:09:19The corner of Ethan's mouth curved slightly.

01:09:21I never cared before.

01:09:24But now I only wait for one person.

01:09:27I'm done.

01:09:27This ice prince saying sweet things so sincerely is more lethal than anything from the abyss.

01:09:33In the dark theater, his energy rolled over me in waves.

01:09:37Halfway through the movie, I put my hand over his.

01:09:40He turned his palm and locked our fingers together, tight and burning.

01:09:43By the time the lights came up, we were both breathing harder.

01:09:47In the lobby, I teased him lightly.

01:09:49Your palm was sweaty the whole time.

01:09:53Your body temperature was running higher than mine.

01:09:56That's because you had a death grip on my hand.

01:09:58Ethan pulled me out of the crowd, bent down, and brushed his lips against my ear.

01:10:02That's because you never once thought about letting go.

01:10:08On the ride home, Ethan and I sat in the back with our hands still locked.

01:10:12Leo drove in professional silence.

01:10:16Ethan, hypothetically.

01:10:17If there was no energy connection between us, would you still have kept me that first day?

01:10:24Yes.

01:10:25No hesitation.

01:10:26The moment you walked in, I saw your eyes.

01:10:30There was no calculation.

01:10:33No interest in power or money.

01:10:35You just looked at me.

01:10:38Like I was a person.

01:10:40He pulled me closer.

01:10:41In this city.

01:10:44No one has ever looked at me like that.

01:10:49My heart skipped.

01:10:51Even the man who owns Manhattan

01:10:54has been starving for something real.

01:10:58Leo stiffened visibly in the front seat.

01:11:00Leo heard nothing.

01:11:02Correct, sir.

01:11:03I heard nothing.

01:11:05In fact, I'm already drafting my resignation.

01:11:08You're not resigning.

01:11:10I'll increase your equity another half point.

01:11:12I buried my face in Ethan's chest and laughed until I shook.

01:11:17Late that night at the estate, Ethan found me on the sofa scrolling news.

01:11:21Don't waste energy on that garbage.

01:11:24He took my phone and pulled me against him.

01:11:28I'm worried the resonance between us could drag Frost.

01:11:34Capital down one day.

01:11:36Ethan hooked an arm around my waist and held me tight.

01:11:39The resonance isn't a curse.

01:11:41You're not draining me.

01:11:43It goes both ways.

01:11:45I need you too.

01:11:47You gave me something I never had.

01:11:49The feeling of being truly alive.

01:11:52You're scared I'll run.

01:11:54To protect you.

01:11:56Yes.

01:11:57I'm scared.

01:11:59He admitted it straight.

01:12:00No shields.

01:12:01You were ready to disappear.

01:12:02Alone to keep me safe.

01:12:04Jade, I don't need protection.

01:12:07I need you to stay.

01:12:09Right here with me.

01:12:11I wrapped my arms around his neck and bit down on his collarbone, leaving clear marks.

01:12:15Fine.

01:12:16If you want me to stay, promise me one thing.

01:12:21If the resonance ever acts off, you tell me immediately.

01:12:25No hiding.

01:12:26Ethan looked at the marks, then at my eyes and pulled me closer.

01:12:30Deal.

01:12:30I promise.

01:12:33The next afternoon, I walked into Ethan's office during a serious international video call.

01:12:39He hit mute, waved me in and pulled me into the chair beside him.

01:12:42He continued the call in fluent, ruthless German while I watched him work.

01:12:48Who would believe it?

01:12:50The hardest man in America is secretly this earnest guy who doesn't know how to say he loves me without

01:12:58looking lost.

01:12:59Ethan missed half a beat in his sentence, then recovered with icy precision and ended the call.

01:13:04He pulled off his tie and stood towering over me.

01:13:08Jade, you're getting bolder every day.

01:13:13What exactly did you just call me?

01:13:16I poked his leg with my foot innocently.

01:13:18I didn't say anything?

01:13:20His hand shot under the desk and gripped my ankle.

01:13:22You called me an emotionally stemped idiot who can't express himself.

01:13:27That was in my head.

01:13:29You can't punish thought crimes.

01:13:31Ethan leaned in, breath hot against my lips.

01:13:33You're right.

01:13:34I'm not great at this in front of others.

01:13:37So tell me, Miss Advisor, where and how exactly do you want to give me that hands-on lesson?

01:13:42The most repressed man in the world just asked me to teach him how to express feelings and suggested positions.

01:13:48Nothing's wrong.

01:13:50You showed up and all my old rules went out the window.

01:13:55Later that afternoon, Leo came into my office looking nervous.

01:14:01Miss Summers, there's something I need to tell you, even though Mr. Frost told me not to.

01:14:05What's he been doing behind my back?

01:14:08He's been using every contact the Frost family has, top legal teams, private networks, even Washington,

01:14:14to research ways for non-human entities to gain legal identities.

01:14:18He's building you a complete, legitimate identity in this world.

01:14:22No more hiding.

01:14:23A real one.

01:14:26My throat tightened.

01:14:27He's been doing this quietly, since I moved in.

01:14:31He never planned for me to stay in the shadows.

01:14:34Leo left.

01:14:35I stared out at the glittering Manhattan skyline, eyes blurring with tears.

01:14:40My phone buzzed.

01:14:45Not that many.

01:14:47It's the necessary investment of a husband.

01:14:50I laughed and cried at the same time.

01:14:52Can you please turn off the telepathy for five minutes, you compulsive eavesdropper?

01:14:57Business hours are over.

01:14:58Come home.

01:14:59I'll walk you through everything in the penthouse.

01:15:04That night, Ethan took me to the new rooftop terrace overlooking the city.

01:15:08He handed me a glass of wine and stood at the railing in his white shirt.

01:15:12Where do you want to start, Mrs. Partner?

01:15:14I let my leg brush against his through the slit in my dress.

01:15:18Leo said you're building me a real identity?

01:15:21Independent?

01:15:22Legal?

01:15:23Do you actually think that's possible?

01:15:25On Wall Street, when I decide I want something, impossible doesn't exist.

01:15:31He stepped close, trapping me against the railing.

01:15:33The European trust structure is done.

01:15:35You'll be recognized as the heir of an ancient private dynasty.

01:15:38It's complicated, but it will hold.

01:15:40Why go this far?

01:15:42Hiding in your assets would have been safer for you.

01:15:44Because I'm done watching you think you belong in the shadows.

01:15:48And I'm not letting you keep one eye on the exit because you're scared of hurting me.

01:15:53He tucked my hair back, then pressed his fingers firmly against my inner thigh.

01:15:58That highest seat has always been yours.

01:16:01Not out of pity.

01:16:01You earned it.

01:16:03I'm completely done for.

01:16:04No succubus could resist a cold, celibate man who decides to love this obsessively.

01:16:09I dropped my glass, slid my hands into his collar, and straddled his waist.

01:16:14Since your plan is this perfect, I think we've earned some very high returns.

01:16:17Up here, with no one to interrupt us, don't you think?

01:16:23That night on the rooftop, we lost ourselves and each other under the Manhattan skyline.

01:16:28Straddling him, taking everything he gave, I told him between broken breaths about my life in the abyss and how

01:16:34scared I'd been when I first crossed over.

01:16:36Ethan held my waist, eyes blazing.

01:16:39You're really not scared?

01:16:41In the abyss.

01:16:43All I thought about was draining men like you completely.

01:16:48He drove deeper, drawing a helpless moan from me.

01:16:51You came from there, but now you're in my bed.

01:16:55By normal logic, shouldn't you have called a priest to exorcite me?

01:17:00Ethan gave a rare, wicked smile.

01:17:02Send you back so you can put your hands on some other man's body?

01:17:07Not a chance.

01:17:09He kissed my collarbone.

01:17:13It's complicated here.

01:17:16But you chose my company as your buffet.

01:17:19That means for the rest of your life, you only eat at my table.

01:17:24After a thousand years of hunger, this feels like the luckiest detour in existence.

01:17:30Ethan went still, then laughed and gave my ass a sharp smack.

01:17:34In the middle of this, the best you can think is cosmically lucky.

01:17:39Try I'm the lucky one, 30 years old.

01:17:42And I finally found my little monster.

01:17:49Weeks later, the dust on Wall Street finally settled.

01:17:52Leo and the legal team completely dismantled the Cross Foundation's network.

01:17:56Warren got 12 years.

01:17:58Victoria got 3 years for defamation and illegal hacking.

01:18:01She wouldn't show her face in New York again.

01:18:03I watched the footage of her sentencing with zero emotion.

01:18:08Natural consequences.

01:18:09If she'd focused on doing her job instead of trying to destroy me, she'd still have a career.

01:18:14Speaking of the sofa, the leather is nice.

01:18:19But last week when Ethan had me pinned here and used his tide.

01:18:24Across the room, Ethan's pen nearly tore through the contract.

01:18:27He looked up slowly, eyes blazing with barely contained fire.

01:18:31Jade Summers.

01:18:34You've replayed last week on that sofa at least 10 times today.

01:18:37I tucked my dress lower and looked at him innocently while turning up the heat in my thoughts.

01:18:42So?

01:18:43Quality control?

01:18:53Ethan took a slow breath, stood and started unbuttoning his shirt, revealing hard lines of muscle.

01:19:00Then he drew his belt free.

01:19:03You are the highest level of trouble this office has ever seen.

01:19:11But since you've been sending that invitation all afternoon, if you even think about hiding under the desk again,

01:19:21you won't like what happens next.

01:19:24It's when the most controlled man in the world turns dangerous with a belt and that look.

01:19:28That's not a man anymore.

01:19:30That's a natural disaster.

01:19:32He pushed me down onto the sofa, pinned my wrists and wrapped the belt around them.

01:19:36He bit my lower lip voice wrecked.

01:19:38I heard that.

01:19:39Focus.

01:19:42Three months later, in deep autumn, the first snow fell on Manhattan.

01:19:47Ethan had bought a new penthouse with a breathtaking view over the city.

01:19:50I stood at the floor-to-ceiling windows when a hot, bare hand pulled me back against his solid body.

01:19:57New place.

01:19:57Do you like it?

01:19:58I love it.

01:20:00So, Mr. CEO, you bought the penthouse with this exact view, just to recreate our first real night together?

01:20:06Ethan laughed low, the sound vibrating through me.

01:20:08Not a recreation.

01:20:09I want every day you spend in this world to have this view.

01:20:12Your city and mine, together.

01:20:14I turned, let my hand slide down his abs, and hooked into his robe.

01:20:18One thing, though, you've gone public with me, split your fortune, told the world I'm yours,

01:20:26and you still haven't given me one proper engagement ring.

01:20:30On human timelines, that's a violation.

01:20:32That bulletproof asset declaration outrangs any diamond.

01:20:36For a Sukfa who only cares about energy, does it really matter?

01:20:40I thought stubbornly.

01:20:42Probably not.

01:20:44Because whether it's the assets or that insane body of his, I decided long ago I'm keeping both.

01:20:50For life.

01:20:51No returns.

01:20:52Heard every word.

01:20:53The last of his cool distance melted.

01:20:56He pulled out a small velvet box.

01:20:58Inside was a simple, elegant, antique silver band.

01:21:01Had it ready since the day you moved in.

01:21:03Last night, after you wore me out and fell asleep, I measured your finger.

01:21:06He slid the ring onto my finger with complete ownership.

01:21:08Perfect fit.

01:21:11Of course it is.

01:21:12This man is precise about everything.

01:21:14For the first time in forever, I didn't run.

01:21:17I rose on my toes and kissed him deep, real, and full of everything I felt.

01:21:21Ethan Frost.

01:21:23Thank you for finding a stray little monster and giving her a real reason to stay.

01:21:30Thank you for falling out of whatever clack in the universe you came from and landing in my office.

01:21:35He cupped the back of my head and kissed me back, deep and warm.

01:21:40Outside, snow fell quietly over the glittering city.

01:21:43After countless years of hunger, my soul had finally found home.

01:21:47See you again next week.

01:21:47Take care of this world.

01:21:48mots have more bits andżees.

01:21:48See you again next week.

01:21:48My shoe is good.

01:21:49Want me to know that you knew it was all too late.

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