After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Jolie jerked her hand back instinctively, but before she could fully retreat, her wrist was firmly caught in a hot, unyielding grip.

Startled, she looked up and found Gavin awake, his dark, piercing gaze locked onto hers. She hadn't even noticed when he'd opened his eyes, but now he was staring at her with an intensity that made her skin prickle. ""Mr. Cooper, you're awake?"

Forcing a stiff smile, she tried to play it off casually, her tone light but betraying her unease.

"What were you doing?" His voice was deep, steady, and laced with suspicion as his sharp eyes bore into her.

"I saw you were asleep and thought I'd just let myself out to head home," she explained quickly. "I didn't mean to touch you. It was an accident. My apologies."

Her flustered tone melted into something more composed, her lips curling into a picture-perfect smile. The shift was almost seamless like a sly little fox slipping its mask back on. One moment she was frazzled; the next, she was polite and poised, as though nothing had happened.

Gavin didn't let go of her wrist.

In the dim light, it was hard to read his expression, but his grip remained firm.

"I brought you back here, and you were just going to leave without a word?"

Jolie blinked, caught off guard by his question.

What was that supposed to mean?

Was he upset?

Her fingers curled slightly, and she struggled to explain, "I... I did call your name, but you didn't wake up."

now you're

Jolie was speechless.

presence seemed to intensify, pressing down on her. Her wrist remained

now, hoping to defuse whatever had upset him. "I just didn't want

disturb me," he interrupted, his voice cold and devoid of

in place, and the tension in the small

What was his problem?

hoping to find some clue to his mood, but all she saw was an impenetrable darkness. His emotions

any man she'd ever encountered

and

glance, his detached demeanor might draw people in, but up close,

was distant

now, he was shattering that

but

gripping her wrist, pressing her with questions that

herself nearing her limit. She tried to pull her wrist free and said, "Mr. Cooper, could you... let go of

Instead, his tone took hint of mockery." If I let you

What?

filled with

did he

up to