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?"

help but laugh. "You don't need

too. "Oh, right.

and didn't talk to me. For a minute, I thought we'd end up divorced right

before Aveline spoke again. "That was a pretty

talked 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 sense. At least you minimized the damage.

glanced toward the door again. Feeling safe, she whispered, "I've got everything under control. If I could handle

again. "You

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

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

Selena said,

yawned after saying, "I'm heading to

good night," Aveline

up the phone, Selena let out a

Aveline had given her

returned 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