I walked into Kesler Vane's office to beg for my job back. I walked out with a new one — his. Three years ago, Kesler was my mentor. Then he was gone — no warning, no goodbye, just a hole where the only person who ever believed in me used to stand. Now he's the reclusive owner of the company trying to swallow mine whole, and I'm the woman standing between him and the acquisition his board is desperate for. He remembers me. He remembers everything. And he has no intention of playing fair. Kesler doesn't negotiate — he conquers. One late night in a boardroom that should have ended in a handshake ends instead with his voice low against my ear, a single ultimatum, and a line neither of us should have let ourselves cross. He tells me exactly what he wants: my company folded into his, my nights folded into his, no explanations, no witnesses, no mistakes twice. I tell myself I can survive being owned by a man like him. I don't tell myself how much I'll crave it. But Kesler Vane didn't vanish three years ago by accident, and the reason is about to walk back into both our lives wearing a very good suit and an even better smile. Someone wants what's his. Someone wants what's mine. And the only way Kesler knows how to protect either is to hold on so tight there's no room left for anyone to pull me away — including me. He calls it business. I know better. This was never about the company. Ruin Me Quiet is a full-length, standalone Forbidden Billionaire Boss romance with a possessive, obsessive hero, high-heat intimacy throughout, and a guaranteed happy-ever-after. Tropes: Forbidden Boss/Employee, Possessive Alpha, Second-Chance Encounter, Forced Proximity, Revenge Subplot, One Night That Changes Everything 18+ readers only. Contains explicit adult content and mature themes.
