After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

"I had to take care of some personal matters," Maria replied as she walked in, giving Sidney a playful glance before winking at Aveline. "Did you miss me?"

Aveline, a bit exasperated by Maria's antics, pushed her hand away. "Actually, there are a lot of files that need your attention. Get to work and don't delay the progress of our studio."

Maria sighed dramatically. "Workaholic!"

If she'd known it would be like this, she wouldn't have come back so early!

However, she couldn't say too much about what she'd been up to. If Aveline found out, she might get angry. Things between the boss and Aveline seemed to be easing up, and the last thing Maria wanted was to mess it up now and become the eternal villain in their story. "Fine, I'll get to work. But feel free to slack off," Maria said with a slight smile before heading to the office.

As she passed Sidney, she gave him a meaningful look.

Sidney frowned but ignored her.

Aveline turned her attention back to the screen and ended the live stream.

It seemed like the matter was finally resolved.

Just then, her phone rang. She glanced at the screen-it was a call from Lucas.

"Hello?" Aveline answered.

Lucas' deep, pleasant voice came through, "Did you watch the live stream?"

I did,"

"Did my appearance

speechless for

phone, thinking she might have

had assumed he called to discuss the video incident, but instead,

Aveline said,

avoiding my question? I watched the replay, you know. The comments were all about how outrageously handsome I am. Aveline, are you sure

she hung up

could be so

...

Tudor Group.

President's Office.

had just been hung up, letting out a small

the weather forecast, checking the conditions for tomorrow. He really hoped for a snowstorm-something

forecast showed a clear, cloudless sky, with temperatures rising several

expression darkened. This

aside and pressed the

Mr. Tudor, any instructions?" Desmond's voice

asked, "What's my schedule for the rest of

ran through