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?"

"You don't need to whisper.

"Oh, right.

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

Aveline spoke again. "That was a pretty sudden

keep hiding it.

hand over her mouth as she glanced toward the door again. Feeling safe, she whispered, "I've got everything under control. If I could

again.

to call you earlier today, but I didn't want to wake you. Now

you, there's nothing left to worry about. Go enjoy the rest of your

Selena said,

saying, "I'm heading

night,"

Selena let out a deep

given her a sense of comfort

the same position. Despite his usual relaxed demeanor, he slept with a military-like precision, straight and proper.