I surrendered my innocence to a masked stranger in a dark VIP lounge. On Monday morning, I realized he’s my ruthless billionaire boss. And now... I’m carrying his heir.
MAYA
Grant Miller is a tyrant. He’s the billionaire CEO of Chicago’s most powerful firm, a man carved from ice who demands absolute perfection and possesses the emotional range of a spreadsheet. I despise him with every fiber of my being.
But at the company masquerade ball, wrapped in the anonymity of the shadows, I met a stranger who made me forget my crushing debt, my miserable job, and my own name. One night of unadulterated passion in a penthouse suite, and I fled before the sun came up.
I thought my secret was safe. Until two pink lines appeared on a plastic stick.
When Grant finds out I'm carrying his child, he doesn’t offer romance. He calculates. He buys my apartment building, hands me an eviction notice, and forces me to move into his glass-walled penthouse to "protect his asset." To him, my pregnancy is just a corporate merger.
But late at night, the billionaire mask slips, revealing a fiercely protective, broken man who builds my baby's crib with his own hands. I’m falling for the tyrant I swore to hate. But when I discover the devastating, secret reason he was so desperate to claim this baby—and the invasive lengths he went to verify it—it shatters everything.
GRANT
Five years ago, doctors handed me a diagnosis: Functionally Sterile. A biological dead end. I closed my heart, built my empire, and accepted that my legacy would end with me.
Then Maya Brooks, my defiant, infuriating marketing coordinator, faints in my office and confesses she's pregnant. Logically, it's impossible. But the fierce, primal instinct roaring in my blood refuses to let her out of my sight.
I lock her in my penthouse to manage the risk. I secretly audit her life to prove she's a fraud. But the results prove the impossible. It’s a miracle.
But when Maya discovers my betrayal, her love turns to pure hatred. Now, the woman carrying my future is walking out the door—and all my billions can't buy her back. I spent my life being a ruthless CEO, but to win back my family, I'm going to have to learn how to surrender.
Tropes You'll Love:
MAYA
Grant Miller is a tyrant. He’s the billionaire CEO of Chicago’s most powerful firm, a man carved from ice who demands absolute perfection and possesses the emotional range of a spreadsheet. I despise him with every fiber of my being.
But at the company masquerade ball, wrapped in the anonymity of the shadows, I met a stranger who made me forget my crushing debt, my miserable job, and my own name. One night of unadulterated passion in a penthouse suite, and I fled before the sun came up.
I thought my secret was safe. Until two pink lines appeared on a plastic stick.
When Grant finds out I'm carrying his child, he doesn’t offer romance. He calculates. He buys my apartment building, hands me an eviction notice, and forces me to move into his glass-walled penthouse to "protect his asset." To him, my pregnancy is just a corporate merger.
But late at night, the billionaire mask slips, revealing a fiercely protective, broken man who builds my baby's crib with his own hands. I’m falling for the tyrant I swore to hate. But when I discover the devastating, secret reason he was so desperate to claim this baby—and the invasive lengths he went to verify it—it shatters everything.
GRANT
Five years ago, doctors handed me a diagnosis: Functionally Sterile. A biological dead end. I closed my heart, built my empire, and accepted that my legacy would end with me.
Then Maya Brooks, my defiant, infuriating marketing coordinator, faints in my office and confesses she's pregnant. Logically, it's impossible. But the fierce, primal instinct roaring in my blood refuses to let her out of my sight.
I lock her in my penthouse to manage the risk. I secretly audit her life to prove she's a fraud. But the results prove the impossible. It’s a miracle.
But when Maya discovers my betrayal, her love turns to pure hatred. Now, the woman carrying my future is walking out the door—and all my billions can't buy her back. I spent my life being a ruthless CEO, but to win back my family, I'm going to have to learn how to surrender.
Tropes You'll Love:
- Billionaire Boss / Employee Romance
Secret Baby / Accidental Pregnancy
Masquerade / Secret Identity ONS
Enemies to Lovers
Grumpy x Sunshine
Forced Proximity (Cohabitation)
Medical Miracle (Sterile Hero)
Protective Alpha Energy
High Angst & Epic Groveling
The Arrogant Proposition is a full-length, standalone steamy contemporary romance. No cheating, no cliffhangers, and a guaranteed happily ever after.
Genre: Romance
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