After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back

Gavin suddenly reached out, pressing his hand against the door, stopping her from closing it.

"Hmm?" Jolie looked at him suspiciously, unsure of his intentions.

His dark eyes bore into hers, studying her for a long moment before he finally spoke. "Jolie, you're really asking for it."

What?

Jolie's eyes widened in disbelief. "What did you just say?"

Was he threatening her? How ridiculous!

Aside from her parents, no one had ever dared talk to her like that.

Anger flared in her chest as she shoved at the door, wanting him out of her sight.

But Gavin easily pushed it open and stepped inside as though her resistance meant nothing.

"Hey! Get out! I don't want to see you right now!" Jolie snapped, her face turning frosty as she pointed toward the door. "Leave!"

Gavin ignored her entirely, strolling further into the room and dropping onto the sofa with an air of ownership.

"Go take a shower," he said, lifting his chin slightly, his tone leaving no room for negotiation.

hotter. "Gavin! We have nothing to do with each other. Are you seriously ordering me around? Get out of here! This isn't your company, and I'm not one of your employees. You have no right to boss me around!"

her, his gaze deep and unwavering. Loosening his tie,

his voice colder now, laced with an edge

inexplicably before

now, she didn't

was arrogant, cold, and

he

this wasn't the Cooper Enterprises! She wasn't going to accept

atmosphere taut with

life, and after taking over Cooper Enterprises, his decisions were rarely, if ever, opposed. Over time, this nurtured his commanding and

irked him. He wanted her compliance, almost as though it

Jolie clearly wasn't the

more he pushed, the harder

defiance against her family's arrangements had already proven how stubborn

it would do neither of

"Jolie, this cream is highly effective.

bracing for an outburst, fully expecting him to lose his

surprise, he softened his tone

to explain the benefits of the

furrowed, her