After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

The night was dark, and the ocean lay still. Selena glanced at the sleeping Aaron beside her before carefully slipping out of bed and heading to another room. Her ankle still hurt, and she moved cautiously.

With one wrong step, she put too much pressure on it, causing her to wince in pain.

Once she closed the door behind her, she pulled out her phone and sent a message to Aveline.

"Are you still awake, babe?" she typed.

Aveline quickly replied, "I'm up. Isn't it the middle of the night over there? Why aren't you sleeping?"

"I'm exhausted, but I need to tell you something," Selena wrote back.

Aveline immediately called her.

"Hello?" Selena answered quietly, glancing nervously at the door, afraid that Aaron might suddenly appear.

Aveline, picking up on her cautious tone, spoke softly. "What's going on?"

couldn't help but laugh. "You don't need to whisper. I've got that

"Oh, right.

told him everything. He got really mad, stormed out, and didn't talk to me. For a minute,

spoke again.

things over with Maria. "I figured Maria was right. This was something that needed to be dealt with, and I couldn't keep hiding it. If he found out on his own, it could have been way worse." "That makes

she whispered, "I've got everything under control. If I could

again. "You

wanted to call you earlier today, but I didn't want to wake you. Now that I've told you, it feels

nothing left to worry about. Go enjoy the rest

will," Selena said,

after saying, "I'm heading to bed. Talk

good night,"

the phone, Selena let out

had given her a sense of comfort and

returned to the master bedroom, where Aaron still lay in the same position. Despite his usual relaxed