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.

right. So,

"I told him everything. He got really mad, stormed out, and didn't talk

pause before Aveline spoke again.

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 sense. At least you minimized the damage. So, are you two

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

laughed again.

grinned. "I wanted to call you earlier today, but I didn't want to wake you. Now that

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

Selena

yawned after saying, "I'm heading

night,"

up the phone, Selena let out a deep sigh of

had given her

the master bedroom, where Aaron still lay in the same position. Despite his usual relaxed demeanor, he slept with a military-like precision,