Bachelor 9: The Brooding CEO
(2026)(The ninth book in the Lovesbury Valentine's Day Auction series)
A Story by Sonia Saint
ROSA
I’ve loved my brooding billionaire boss for years.
So when I find the note he leaves where I can’t miss it—Acquire a wife—I know I can’t stay.
I give notice.
I refuse to watch him choose another woman.
When Aiden asks what it would take to make me stay, I don’t hesitate.
He has to take part in the Valentine’s auction.
I expect him to say no.
Instead, he watches me like he’s already decided something.
And then he sets his condition—I have to bid on him.
AIDEN
I leave the note on purpose.
I need to see how she reacts.
When Rosa quits, I know I’ve finally pushed her into motion—and I’m not letting her go. I ask her what she wants, already prepared to give it to her.
The auction is a risk.
But it’s a controlled one.
If I’m standing on that stage, it’s for her.
One public claim.
One private weekend at my mountain cabin.
And once she chooses me, I’m done pretending she doesn’t already belong to me.
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Welcome to Lovesbury — where the town’s most rugged, off-limits bachelors are up for auction… and they fall hard the moment they’re claimed. It’s supposed to be one weekend but once she’s his, he’s never letting go. Fast, steamy, and obsessed in all the right ways with an HEA that hits just as hard as the heat.
I’ve loved my brooding billionaire boss for years.
So when I find the note he leaves where I can’t miss it—Acquire a wife—I know I can’t stay.
I give notice.
I refuse to watch him choose another woman.
When Aiden asks what it would take to make me stay, I don’t hesitate.
He has to take part in the Valentine’s auction.
I expect him to say no.
Instead, he watches me like he’s already decided something.
And then he sets his condition—I have to bid on him.
AIDEN
I leave the note on purpose.
I need to see how she reacts.
When Rosa quits, I know I’ve finally pushed her into motion—and I’m not letting her go. I ask her what she wants, already prepared to give it to her.
The auction is a risk.
But it’s a controlled one.
If I’m standing on that stage, it’s for her.
One public claim.
One private weekend at my mountain cabin.
And once she chooses me, I’m done pretending she doesn’t already belong to me.
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Welcome to Lovesbury — where the town’s most rugged, off-limits bachelors are up for auction… and they fall hard the moment they’re claimed. It’s supposed to be one weekend but once she’s his, he’s never letting go. Fast, steamy, and obsessed in all the right ways with an HEA that hits just as hard as the heat.
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