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?"

laugh. "You don't need to whisper.

laughed, too. "Oh, right. So, what

out, and didn't talk to me. For

spoke again. "That was

keep hiding it. If he found out on his own, it could have been way worse." "That makes sense. At least you minimized the

a smug laugh but quickly caught herself, clamping a hand over her mouth as she glanced toward the door again. Feeling safe, she whispered, "I've got everything under control. If I could handle him back when I was pretending to be Snow, I can do it

again.

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

replied warmly. "Now that it's behind you, there's nothing left to worry about. Go enjoy the

Selena

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

night," Aveline

up the phone, Selena let out a deep

her a sense of

to the master bedroom, where Aaron still lay in the same position. Despite his usual relaxed demeanor, he slept with a military-like precision, straight and proper. Selena carefully climbed