The CEO's Rose

Bryce’s POV

Vivian Rose was his.

That was something that Bryce had always known. But Vivian herself had never made peace with that simple fact. Even after all of the efforts that he had put into taming her, she had still fought his control. Telling herself that she was more than an object for Bryce to use and discard.

It was pitiful.

If she had stayed in her lane, he would have let her live, allowing her the privilege of catering to his every whim. But now he had to show her that she was his object, and that now she had outlived her usefulness. Watching as she stared at him with wide eyes, too shocked to even speak, he could not help but grin.

"Hello Vivian Rose, long time no see," He said to her. Loving the way that she shuddered at just the sound of his voice. If she was already so reactive now, once he got his hands on her things were going to be a lot of fun.

"How did you get in here?" She asked, he knew that she wanted to know how he had made it past the locked door. But since he did not feel like sharing, he decided to toy with her a bit.

"It is called walking, you should try doing more of it, it would help you burn all of the extra fat on your body, and give you a more desirable figure," Hurt flashed briefly in her eyes before it vanished, and then he saw her gaze shift towards the front door. Grinning with way more teeth than was necessary, Bryce took one step and blocked her view of her only escape route. Her eyes went wide with fear, and it stayed way longer than the hurt had. That made Bryce’s soul come alive. Good, at long last she had stopped looking through him, and was seeing him for the threat that he truly was.

It was about time.

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"Get out of my apartment Bryce, I will not repeat myself," How cute, she was using her teacher voice on him.

Instead of doing as instructed, Bryce merely laughed, "That tone might work on your preschoolers, but for me it might as well be a mosquito buzzing around, I do not take orders from you," Vivian swallowed visibly, and once again, her eyes began moving around frantically.

For a moment Bryce was confused,( didn’t she realize that he was all that she needed to look at?). Then when he realized what she was looking for, he could not help but chuckle. Pulling her phone out of his pocket, he held it out for her to see.

"Are you looking for this? Don’t worry, you’ll get it back, but for now I just want us to talk." It wasn’t even a lie, he would give her back her phone. Once he was done killing her, he was going to throw it on her corpse and walk out. He took a step towards her, and Vivian took two back and then one to the side, moving herself away from his direct line of sight.

His amused smirk turned into a smile.

"Why are you acting like I am some sort of monster Vivian? I just want to talk to you. Why are you backing away from me?" He took yet another step towards her and she backed up again, this time she hit a wall, and Bryce watched with no small amount of satisfaction as she plastered herself to it. Her arms spread out, her chest heaving.

It seemed that even the dumbest animals knew when they were about to meet their end.

Standing in place, he crooked his finger towards her. "Like I said, I just want to talk to you Vivian. Come here," Instead of obeying his command, her eyes went to his black leather gloves, and she shook her head in refusal.

"Leave Bryce, whatever we had between us, it is over," Tilting his head to the side, he took her in, she had picked a hell of a time to grow a backbone. The good, predictable Vivian that he had molded her into would not have been so stubborn. He wouldn’t have even had to say anything, just one look and she would have already been right next to him. She really was not helping her case with how difficult she was being. When he finally got a hold of her, he was going to be letting out a lot of frustration.

"You know, ever since you opened your legs for the billionaire, you seem to think that you are better than me. Why is that?" A single tear running down her face, Vivian lifted her chin stubbornly.

"I do not think that I am better than you Bryce. I have just remembered that I too am a human being and deserve respect," Ha! She thought that she deserved respect. Billionaire dick had to be coated in drugs. That was the only way he could explain why she was talking such nonsense. She was as high as a kite.

"Respect is not just given Vivian, it is earned. Women acquire it through their beauty and their obedience to their men. Since you are lacking both of these things, I have no idea why you think you deserve it," For a moment Vivian glared at him, then her gaze went back to the door before returning to him, (clearly she was still thinking of escape).

"Fine, I do not deserve your respect, but it does not change the fact that I do not want you here Bryce. As I said before, get out, it is over," Done with their little talk, Bryce clenched and unclenched his fists, his eyes unblinking.

"You are absolutely right, Vivian Rose. It truly is over...for you," Satisfaction bloomed in his chest as he saw the words sink in for Vivian. But he did not even give her a moment to fully understand them before he was lunging at her, the terrified scream that she gave music to his ears.