Taming the Billionaire CEO ( Daniel Monroe )

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“How did you get here so quickly? Weren’t you just with Renee?” She questioned. 

A frown settled on his face. “I sent her home. After telling her I wouldn’t let her into the house tonight, she won’t be coming back till morning. I just need some time from her right now.” 

“Oh,” Anna nodded and downed the shot of whiskey in her hand. She turned to him with a smile, Enjoy your alone time, I’ll be up with my-” 

“Please stay,” he said, his voice breaking. 

She was about to give in, but knowing full well it couldn’t lead to anything good, she decided against it. “I’m sorry, but Davis is waiting for me upstairs. I only came down to tell you guys to keep your voices down, not get involved in the chaos.” 

He held her arm as she stood up from the bar stool. “Please, Anna. Just give me five minutes of your time. In one night, I’ve lost my child, my father’s trust, my position in this house and who knows what else, so please-” 

-Just keep me company for five minutes and you don’t need to say anything. I just need someone to listen to me,” he pleaded, before looking away when the tears in his eyes were about to fall. 

She sighed and sat back down, “I’m counting,” she said. I 

“Thank you,” he gave her a grateful smile and poured them both a glass of whiskey. 

This is not how I planned for this to go. Perhaps I should have just stayed upstairs. She thought as she pushed her glass away from her. 

“Woah! Easy,” she told him when he gulped down the entire glass of whiskey. 

Although she was happy about the turn of events and was glad to see him brokenhearted like he had left her on multiple occasions, she still felt bad for him. 

“It’s not the end of the world, Daniel,” she said when he grabbed her glass as well and drank half of the content. 

She picked up 

the bottle and placed it far away from him. “You know you get drunk easily and you’re drinking this much?” she said with an irritated tone. 

“I don’t want to be sober,” he said, his words slurred. Great, he’s drunk. 

“When she first told me about her pregnancy, I was sceptical and it made her mad. And then she took 

a test behind my back and brought me the test results, making me feel guilty,” he scoffed, “I couldn’t have imagined it was fake-” 

I felt so bad that I had doubted her only for it to turn out it was true that I gave her all she asked for. My time, money, everything! I even promised to make her my wife-” Anna rolled her eyes. and now, it turns out she’s been playing me all this while-” 

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I mean, for a long time, she had said she didn’t want any kids so I should have known it was too good to be true, but I trusted her and yet-” he let out a burp, “–she betrayed my trust and now my company, my father’s and this family is also going to take a fall for it.” 

“Too bad,” Anna said robotically, pouring herself a shot. 

When she looked back at him, she saw he had emptied the second glass of whiskey. “Okay, that’s enough and five minutes have passed already,” she said. 

“I understand you love her, but I’d advise you to cut ties with her,” Anna said as she stood up from the stool. 

Daniel also stood up, “That’s the problem,” he said, his face blank. 

“You’re completely wasted,” she clicked her tongue distastefully. While others went crazy when drunk, he was calm although every bit as destructive as the others 

“I can’t cut ties with her yet. Apart from the fact that I still care about her, she could tell the press we aren’t married and reveal everything. Now that her career is more or less over, she has nothing to lose and will do whatever it takes to keep herself in this family.” 

Anna nodded, “That does sound like Renee. Well, Daniel, that’s nothing I can help you with. Your lies and past actions are coming back to bite you in the ass, and you’ll have to deal with it.” 

“I’m sorry, Anna,” he said softly resting his head on her shoulder. 

Common sense told her to push him off and leave, but she stood them unable to move. It was the first time they had an actual conversation since they got married. 

Her eyes widened when she felt one of his hands under her gown, caressing her thighs as he wrapped his other hand around her waist. “Don’t even think about it,” she said, slapping his hands off her. 

“Anna,” he said softly, raising her chin so her eyes met his. 

Look away and leave. Logic told her to leave, but her heart wanted her to stay. 

“We can’t do this,” she whispered, her tone barely audible, but didn’t attempt to leave. 

“You have the option to decide what you can and can’t do,” he said, bringing his lips close to hers. 

She closed her eyes, her heartbeat doubling as she waited, anticipating his lips on hers, but instead, she heard a loud thud. Her eyes snapped open to see Daniel on the floor, his hand on his cheeks with Davis towering above him. 

Shit! How do I get out of this? 

Davis turned to her and she swallowed. “It’s not what it looks like‘ didn’t seem like an excuse she could use considering he caught her red–handed. 

“Come with me,” he said, dragging her off by her arm. 

“And where do you think you’re going with her?” Daniel said, getting up from the floor. 

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Davis raised his brow, “It seems the alcohol has made you forget she’s my wife and not yours,” he said, shutting Daniel up. 

“That doesn’t-” Daniel started. 

“Just shut up, Daniel!” Anna said with a glare. If he hadn’t made a move on her, she wouldn’t have fallen into his trap. Although she blamed him, she knew she was equally responsible. He didn’t force her to do anything. 

Davis let go of her arm and walked to their room with Anna following behind him, her heart pounding in her chest as she wondered what he was going to do or say. 

“I’m sorry,” she said as they entered their room. “I… I don’t have-” 

“Take it off,” He commanded as he turned to her while unbuckling his pants. 

She stared at him with a blank look. “It won’t happen again, Davis. I swear it,” she promised. 

“I don’t need your explanations, I need you to take your clothes off before I rip it off you,” he threatened, throwing his belt to the floor and proceeding to unbutton his shirt. 

“I don’t want to,” she said, her voice quivering. 

He stalked towards her, his gaze filled with anger and disgust. “You might be forgetting you’re my wife and that means your body belongs to me as well,” he said with a chuckle that made the hairs of her hands stand. 

She took a step back as he approached her. 

“Even if this is a fake marriage, only you, your friend, I and Paul know about this. Everyone else believes we’re married so don’t you feel an ounce of shame when you willingly let another man claim your body? It’s even more disgusting when it’s someone who discarded you,” He said. 

“-I don’t have a problem with that, except that can’t happen when we’re supposed to be married. I’ve concluded that you’re nothing but an idiot driven by your hormones. So, take off your clothes,” he said, now in front of her. 

She looked up at him with tears streaming down her face, and without a word, drew the straps of her gown down. Her gown fell to her feet, leaving her completely naked. 

“Do what you want.”