The CEO’s Reckoning: A Marriage of Secrets, Power, and Ruthless Consequences (The Ruthless CEO #4)

He needed a wife.
She needed control.
Neither expected the reckoning.

Dominic Vale built his empire on strategy, silence, and absolute control.

As CEO of Vale Global, he has survived corporate wars and boardroom betrayals without ever losing his grip on power. But when a calculated investigation threatens a billion-dollar merger—and a rival executive moves to remove him from his own company—his board demands stability the market can believe in.

The solution?

Marriage.

Nadia Rahman is the crisis strategist hired to protect his reputation—not become part of it. Smart, composed, and impossible to intimidate, she refuses to be another pawn in a billionaire’s power game.

Until Dominic offers a contract she can’t ignore.

One year.
A public alliance.
No emotions.

But when her family’s past is weaponized against her…
when internal sabotage threatens to collapse the merger…
and when a silent coup turns corporate politics into open war—

The marriage stops being strategy.

It becomes survival.

Living under the same roof was never the danger.

Trust was.

As secrets surface and loyalties fracture, Dominic must decide what matters more—his empire… or the woman who chose to stand beside him when the world tried to remove him.

Because this time, the reckoning isn’t financial.

It’s personal.

And walking away may cost more than either of them expected.