After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

At that moment, as Sidney looked at Maria's radiant smile, his thoughts briefly drifted.

That afternoon, she had been out having dinner with another man.

She'd returned without letting him know.

And yet...

Sidney stopped himself from spiraling further into speculation. His tone was calm as he spoke, "I came to update you on the recent situation at the studio."

"Oh?" Maria raised a surprised brow, clearly not expecting such an excuse from him.

Nonetheless, she opened the door and said, "Come in, then."

After changing her shoes, Maria added, "Make yourself comfortable. I'm going to take a shower first."

Having spent the day out, she felt uncomfortable with the mix of lingering scents on her, especially after being grabbed by Tracy and Gorden earlier-it made her feel unclean.

Sidney didn't respond, simply stepping inside and taking a quick look around. The place was spotless, and there were no signs of anyone else being there.

She hadn't had other visitors.

Sidney sat down on the sofa.

turned into evening, Maria finally emerged from her room after about thirty minutes. She was dressed in simple sleepwear, her long hair wrapped

pulled a drink from the fridge and glanced at him, asking,

Sidney nodded. "Sure."

before settling into the armchair across from him-keeping a noticeable distance between

attention. His eyes flickered for

prompted, opening her drink when Sidney still hadn't said

his throat, nodded, and took

it in front of her and began explaining the recent

quickly realized that Sidney had

even taken on several personal projects while recruiting talented designers. Her decision to let him take

it shifted to

clear tone flowed like

mind: If this voice ever softly called someone "dear," it would probably

in her chair, Maria's gaze

tablet, speaking as if he had a

sip of the

even smoother, more soothing, as his Adam's apple bobbed with each swallow

the urge to reach out and

But she held back.

image of Sidney and that girl having dinner together flashed through