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AlexI shrug, completely unapologetic. “Yeah.” She blinks like she can’t decide whether to be mad or impressed. “Are you serious?” she demands. I lean against the counter, arms crossed. “Dead serious.” Sophia lets out a frustrated sound, rubbing her temple. “Alex, do you even hear yourself? That’s a complete invasion of privacy!” I arch an eyebrow. “Says the person who vanishes without warning, ignores all calls and texts, and leaves no explanation.” I tilt my head. “If I were the paranoid type, I’d say you were the one acting suspicious.” She scowls. “I was unpacking. Not running a criminal operation.” “Well, unpacking doesn’t usually involve going completely off the grid.” I wave my phone in front of her. “You didn’t cancel our meeting. You didn’t even check your phone. For all I knew, you could’ve been lying in a ditch somewhere.” Her glare deepens. “So your solution was to track me?” I smirk. “It worked, didn’t it?” Sophia huffs, muttering something under her b
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-23After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 29
SophiaI lean back against the couch, my half-eaten bowl of noodles sitting forgotten on the coffee table. The air feels different now—not as tense, not as suffocating. Alex is still here, lounging on the other side of the couch, his long legs stretched out in front of him, looking way too comfortable for someone who just scolded me for not answering my phone.The weight of everything still presses on me—the lawsuit, the rumors, the way Nathan and Chloe are controlling the public narrative. But I don’t feel as alone in it as I did earlier.“You know,” I say, my voice quieter than I expect, “I never thought I’d be in this position.”Alex glances at me, waiting for me to continue.I shake my head. “Divorced. Fighting for my reputation, my career… my life.”He nods, his expression unreadable. “Life has a way of throwing curveballs.”I scoff. “Yeah. But I’m not giving up. Not this time.”“Good.” His tone is firm, certain. “Because you’re stronger than you think, Mitchell. And you’ve got a
Huling Na-update : 2025-02-23After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 30
SophiaThe vibration of my phone pulls me out of my morning routine. I glance at the screen, still fastening the buttons on my blouse. A notification. Probably an email from school or a reminder about an assignment.Except it’s not.“Chloe Mitchell invites you to her birthday party! 🎉 Next Saturday at the Grand Haven Hotel! Hope to see you there! 💖”I freeze, blinking at the words. She’s joking, right?A scoff escapes my lips before I can stop it. The nerve of her.For a moment, I just stare at the notification, feeling the irritation bubble up inside me. Chloe, my dear, sweet, perfect sister, inviting me to her birthday party? After everything? For what? To gloat? To pretend like she’s the bigger person? To parade around in front of her fancy guests with Nathan at her side, acting like their perfect little power couple?I roll my eyes and delete the message without a second thought. Absolutely not.And Nathan. He allowed this? He was okay with my sister inviting me? He’s not conten
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-02After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 31
AlexThe study was quiet, save for the soft ticking of the antique clock on the mantelpiece. I sat at my desk, the warm glow of the desk lamp illuminating the stacks of financial reports and stock analyses spread out before me. My fingers drummed lightly on the polished wood, a rhythm of anticipation and calculation. The air smelled faintly of leather and aged whiskey, a testament to the long hours I’d been spending in this room. Outside, the city buzzed with its usual energy, but here, in this sanctuary, the world felt still—controlled.Bellion entered without a sound, his presence as steady and reliable as the ticking clock. He carried a silver tray with a steaming cup of tea, the aroma of bergamot mingling with the room’s other scents. “Your tea, sir,” he said, placing the cup gently on the desk. “You’ve been at it for hours. Perhaps a moment’s respite would do you good.”I glanced up, a faint smile tugging at the corners of my mouth. Bellion had been with me for years, a constant
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-02After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 32
Chapter Thirty-TwoHe Knows!Alex I tipped back my glass of whiskey, the burn barely registering in my tongue before I went for another gulp. I stare out the window but my sight was far from focused on the city lights shining outside my window. My mind was elsewvhere. If you listened close enough you could hear the clicks as I performed calculations and the crank of the weight as I measured the risks that I was about to take. I knew all it would take for Sophia to claim her victory. It was a thin line. Just a sliver more, and Nathan Carter would lose everything. The thought should have satisfied me. It would mean justice has been served, the same justice I had spent years planning. But I knew better than to count my eggs before they hatch. I was just impatient to get to the finish lie that was staring me in the face. A sharp knock at the door pulled me from my thoughts. "Enter," I called, already knowing who it was. Bellion stepped in. He move with a purpose. I knew bet
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-05After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 33
SophiaNathan stands at my door, his expression carved from stone.The folder in his grip is thick, the kind of weight that speaks of buried secrets—my buried secrets. The sight of it coils something tight inside me, but I don’t let it show.Instead, I lean against the doorframe, tilting my head. “You’re out late, Nathan. Should I be flattered?”His jaw tightens. “Let me in.”I raise a brow, feigning amusement. “And why would I do that?”Nathan exhales sharply, as if restraining himself. “You should see what’s inside this folder before you get too comfortable with your little power play.”A bluff? Maybe. But I know Nathan. He wouldn’t show up like this unless he had something he thought could rattle me.I cross my arms. “Then say what you came to say, Nathan.”His grip tightens around the folder. “You think you’re smart, don’t you? Buying up shares, creeping onto my board like some parasite...”I smile. “I wouldn’t call myself a parasite. More like an equal shareholder.”His nostrils
Huling Na-update : 2025-03-07After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 34
AlexThe first rule of war: control the battlefield before your enemy even knows they’re in a fight.Nathan still thinks he’s playing offense. He doesn’t realize I’ve already moved my pieces into position. That every decision he makes is being funneled straight back to me.He’s too arrogant to see it.And arrogance? It’s the easiest weakness to exploit.I move out onto the penthouse balcony, the night breeze cooling my skin. The city lies spread out beneath me, a maze of lights and glass, but I'm not looking at the view. I'm looking at the phone pressed to my ear."Is it done?" I ask, my voice low.On the other hand, Bellion's voice is as suave as ever. "Yes, sir. The other shares were bought via our secondary channels. As of this morning, Sophia owns forty-one percent of Carter Industries legally."A slow smile creeps over my lips."And Nathan?""He doesn't know… yet. But I think that won't be so for long."Good. Let him sit in his glass spire, thinking he's above it all. Let him bel
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SophiaNathan doesn't bluff.That's what goes through my mind as I stand on Alex's balcony, my fingers wrapped tightly around the phone. The call just ended a few minutes ago, but his last words hang in the air like smoke."Watch your back."A warning. A threat.I know Nathan well enough to know what that means. He's already making his moves. He's already planned how he's going to strike back.The question is—what's his next step?I glance at Alex, attempting to decipher his face for any inkling of concern. He stands with his arms crossed against the balcony railing, casually twirling the whiskey in his glass, but I can see the difference in his demeanor. The fast calculation in his eyes.He's thinking along the same lines as me."We need to prepare," I tell him.He takes his drink slowly before responding. "We already are."I blow air, messing up my hair with my hand. The weight of it all presses down on me, but I'm not going to let it get to me.Nathan's not trying to scare me. He's
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After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 73
SophiaThe car ride back to Bellion’s safe house was suffocating. Not because of the space, but because of Chloe. She sat there, shoulders hunched, eyes downcast, the weight of her own betrayal pressing against her like chains. She wasn’t speaking, and for once, I didn’t feel the need to pull words from her.Because I didn’t trust a damn thing she had to say.Alex drove with calculated ease, his hands tight on the steering wheel, his golden-brown eyes flicking toward the rearview mirror every few seconds to check for a tail. We all knew Nathan wouldn’t just let this go. He never did.“We should have killed him,” Alex muttered, breaking the silence.Bellion, who had been silent beside me, tilted his head slightly. “It’s never that simple with men like Nathan.”I exhaled sharply. “It will be. Because I’m going to make sure of it.”Chloe shifted beside me, flinching slightly, as if she had something to say but was too afraid to speak it.Good.She should be afraid.Because if she thought
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SophiaThe sound of Chloe’s ragged breathing filled the back seat of Alex’s car as we sped through the empty streets. She was barely holding herself together, her fingers curled into the fabric of her dress like she could ground herself through sheer force of will. She had been quiet since we left Nathan’s mansion, too quiet. But I wasn’t in the mood to coax words out of her.She had made her choices. And now, she was facing the consequences.Alex glanced at me from the driver’s seat, his expression unreadable. “She needs medical attention,” he said, voice low but firm.“She needs to start talking,” I countered, turning in my seat to face her. “Why did Nathan take you?”Chloe swallowed hard, staring at the passing streetlights like they held the answers. “He said I was a liability,” she whispered. “That I was an unfinished problem that needed to be taken care of.”A sharp pulse of satisfaction ran through me. So, Nathan wasn’t invincible after all. If he was eliminating liabilities, i
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 71
SophiaI leaned against the city skyline from the penthouse window, my hand clenched around the stem of a wine glass. The amber liquid inside didn't much ripple, but my mind was far from still. The battle between Nathan and me had grown more powerful than business, more powerful than revenge. It was personal now.Bellion's voice echoed in my head. "Chloe's been exposed. Nathan hasn't moved yet."That was the problem.Nathan never remained still.I looked over at Alex, who was sitting on the couch, watching me. His suit jacket draped over the arm of the couch, his white shirt sleeves rolled up as he sipped a drink. He was just as tired as I was."He's plotting something," I said finally.Alex sighed. "Of course, he is."I set my glass on the table and folded my arms. "Then why do I get the feeling that we're still one step behind?"Alex stared at me with all seriousness. "Because Nathan is most dangerous when he is quiet. He is letting the world destroy Chloe first before he moves."I
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 70
SophiaI stood in the doorway of my office, looking out over the city I had fought so long to reclaim. The skyline burned gold in the early evening light, the glass towers creating the illusion of tranquility. But inside me, inside this war I was waging, it was anything but peaceful.Nathan had begun it, setting fire to the orphanage, and I had retaliated. A move for a move. A game of burn and destroy.But now we were past retaliating.This was no longer a battle.It was a reckoning.A gentle knock at the door snapped me out of my trance. Bellion entered, his face as serene as ever, but his eyes sharp. "It's done."I turned to face him, my fists curled around the edge of my desk. "And?"Bellion gave me a black leather folder. "The case is airtight. Offshore accounts. Illegal arms dealings. Bribes. This—" He tapped the folder. "—is what takes Nathan Carter down."I exhaled slowly, heart rate consistent. "Then we run it."Bellion hesitated, and that was so out of character that I notice
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 69
SophiaThe orphanage retained the scent of smoke. It clung to the walls, to the furniture, to the air that I inhaled, like a reminder of what had happened.I stood in the remains of what had been the children's library, my fists clenched at my hips. The bookshelves were burnt half-way, some scattered on the floor, their cracked and blackened spines gleaming. Ash swirled in the sun through the shattered windows, coating the desecrated remains of the world I'd built for them.For them.And Nathan had laid waste to it.I gasped hard through my nose, trying to suppress the anger raging hotter than the fire that had nearly consumed this structure.Behind me, Mrs. Peterson crossed her arms, her voice trembling with barely contained rage. "They could have died, Sophia. If we hadn't smelled the smoke in time..." Her voice broke. She took a shuddering breath, fighting to continue. "Whoever did this wanted to make a point. And we both know who that is."I already did.I turned around, my face c
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 67
SophiaI barely slept.Chloe's voice lingered in my mind like a dirge. Not the threat, but the words. Not the implication—that it was going to happen. But the finality of it."Tyler's going to steal something from you. This time, it's personal."She'd smiled when she spoke. Not with menace—but at last.And that frightened me.I sat on the edge of the bed, my fingers tapping a restless rhythm against my knee. The city outside the hotel window was already awake, the skyline burning with streaks of early morning light.Alex remained sleeping on the couch, his shirt unlatched at the collar, his face serene in a way that did not usually happen when he was awake. He had remained sitting with me for the majority of the night, observing, waiting—aware I would never reveal to him what was really bothering me.Because I had no idea how to tell him.For the first time since this war began, I wasn't sure I was prepared for what lay ahead.Nathan's always played a game of power, a game of dominati
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 67
SophiaCity lights streaked across the car window, neon smudges against the black ink of night. The hum of the engine filled the silence between us, thick with all we had not said and tension that refused to disperse.Nathan had lost.But why did it seem like we were still caught up in his game?I curled my fingers around the detonator, its smooth edges cold in my hand. Its power should have been satisfying. The way Nathan's smirk had faltered, the way his shoulders had stiffened when he'd realized I'd outmaneuvered him.But his parting words gave me hesitation."You think you've won?"Alex was beside me, his form coiled in repressed anger, his amber eyes fixed ahead. His knuckles were white on his knee, his fingers twitching as though he was struggling not to pull a gun on the air itself.I exhaled slowly. "Say it."His head moved slightly, his jaw tight. "Say what?""That you think I should have let you kill him."Alex's mouth opened, then closed again. He inhaled through his nostri
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 66
SophiaThe moment the countdown stopped, the air in the warehouse shifted. Silence stretched, thick and unyielding, as if the universe itself had paused, waiting to see what would happen next.Nathan stood motionless, his smirk still lingering, but something flickered in his eyes—something close to frustration. He hadn’t planned for this. He hadn’t expected me to win.For the first time in this game we'd played, I saw the cracks in his perfect control.Alex still had the gun pressed to Nathan's temple, his breath steady, his grip tight. I could see the math in his eyes—whether killing Nathan here, now, would subtract from or add to our problems.I already knew the answer.It wouldn't be enough.It had taken Nathan years to construct his empire, ringing the city with his power like an impenetrable fist. Assassinating him would only make him a martyr to the citizens who still remained faithful to him.We had to dismantle him piece by piece.Destroy him in a way he could never recover fr
After Divorce, I became the CEO of my Ex-Husband's Company Chapter 65
SophiaNathan’s smirk tightens as his finger presses down on the detonator.The blinking red lights surrounding the warehouse pulse in unison, their glow reflecting in his cold, calculating eyes.He’s baiting us.Nathan Carter doesn’t set off explosives without an audience.And we’re the ones playing right into his hands.Alex stiffens beside me, his gun steady in his grip. His muscles are taut, his stance predatory. He’s waiting for the right moment to strike. But I know Nathan better than that.Nathan isn’t reckless.He doesn’t bluff.And right now, the only thing keeping us alive is the fact that he still wants something.Nathan tilts his head slightly, amusement flickering across his face. “You seem awfully calm for someone about to watch everything they love burn.”I don’t rise to the bait.Because that’s exactly what he wants.I take a slow step forward. “If you were going to kill us, you would have done it already.”His fingers flex around the detonator, but his smirk doesn’t f
