

Possesive CEO Daddy
Iris Parker's 25th birthday takes a horrifying turn when her father presents her with a grotesque 'surprise': a lineup of leering, middle-aged men vying for her hand. Humiliated and desperate, she flees, only to find herself waking up naked in a stranger's bed after a night she can barely recall. But this isn't just any stranger; he's the enigmatic, devastatingly handsome CEO, Garvin Berret, and he has no memory of her. Accused of being a gold-digging prostitute and forced to take morning-after pills, Iris is cast out, her heart shattered and her pride in tatters. Can she ever recover from this ultimate humiliation, or will fate — and perhaps a secret, undeniable connection — bring them back together in a way neither could have imagined?The air in the grand ballroom was thick with forced gaiety, the clinking of champagne flutes a hollow counterpoint to the polite, predatory hum of conversation. Iris Parker stood on a raised platform, the spotlight unforgiving on her elegant birthday dress, feeling less like a celebrant and more like a sacrificial lamb.
Her father, the County Commissioner, beamed beside her, oblivious to the venom rising in her throat. Before her, eight pot-bellied men, their smirks like open wounds, appraised her with blatant desire. This was her 25th birthday surprise: a grotesque auction for her hand, disguised as a choice.
"Dad, what on earth do you think you're doing?" she managed, her voice trembling with disbelief. He only grinned, ushering forward the first suitor. As each man made his repugnant claim, tears pricked at Iris's eyes. She fought them back, but the humiliation was a physical weight.
Finally, unable to bear another second of the spectacle, Iris turned and fled. The applause, the calls of her name, faded behind her as she stumbled out of the lavish hall, sprinting blindly into the night, desperate to escape the suffocating expectations and the crushing weight of her father's 'love'.
