After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Gavin said nothing and simply hung up the phone, his expression darkening by the second.

Behind him, Jolie's soft, pained whimpers filled the air. She was writhing on the bed, her delicate skin flushed a faint pink.

Gavin clenched his jaw, tugging at his tie. It had already loosened from when she'd pulled on it earlier, and with a rough yank, it came completely undone. Frustration simmered beneath his calm exterior.

Where was Selena? She was supposed to be finding help, but she still hadn't returned.

His frown deepened as he reached for the door, ready to leave.

"Please... help me..."

Her desperate voice, laced with a hint of a sob, echoed from behind him. The softness of it hit him like a lit match to his chest, sparking a heat he wasn't used to feeling.

"Please... I'll pay you... I won't take it for free..." Jolie's voice broke as tears streamed down her face. She was sobbing now, her words dripping with helplessness and shame, as if offering him money would somehow make her request more bearable. Gavin stood frozen for a moment, then unexpectedly, a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. Was she seriously offering to pay him?

she think

him, he turned back and approached

her pale dress disheveled and tugged out of place, exposing a wide expanse of her flushed skin. She was still trying to

heavier without him realizing it. Her face-so similar to Selena's-made the

drug. Her reason had all but crumbled when suddenly, her lips were claimed in

the person on the other

the slightest. But Jolie didn't have time to protest, her body screaming for more, for something to finally soothe the unbearable heat within

haze of her blurred consciousness, a sudden jolt of pain washed over Jolie, causing her body to

ear. But instead of calming her, her breathing grew

...

the situation. Gernard, taking it seriously, sent the family doctor with her to find

they returned to the spot where they had left Jolie, the area was empty. Where

creeping in. The Cooper estate was vast, and unfamiliar to her, making it impossible to know where to start searching. She knew if they caused a scene by searching publicly, it would draw