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DRAKE’S POV Immediately I walked into my office, a couple of things had changed, like the positioning of the desk and my chair. It was no longer directly opposite the door; it was now to the right-hand side immediately after the door had been pushed open. I moved my head sideways a bit, checking out the whole office. I wonder whose work this was. Aria Night has hired some couple of guys to help her with it; there are chances that she might have gotten bored of the look after spending three years here. There was also the chance that it could be Charlotte if she is not pleased with what the former setting of the office reminds her of. As much as I would have preferred my old arrangements back, there is nothing bad in trying out new stuff. I made my way to the chair and sank into it. First day of work, and I already have a task waiting for me. I picked up the file placed on the table and went through it. Just then, there was a knock on my office. Without taking my gaze of
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DRAKE’S POV “Hi, love,” Mia said while approaching me, swaying her hips with a big smile on her face. Aria followed her closely behind; they both sat on the client’s chair opposite me. The smile on Mia’s face slowly disappeared and got replaced with a frown real quick. “You don’t sound too happy to see me. What’s wrong? Or have you gotten tired of my pretty face?” she questioned, cupping her face with her palm and making huge puppy eyes. It was an expression she was fond of making whenever she pissed me off and was trying to calm me down, which rarely happens. Even if I get pissed, I make sure that I don't make it known except when I want to. I barely lose control of my emotions, and only one person has ever done so. I don’t know why it had to be someone who only loved me for my money. “I’m not pissed at you; I just got reminded of something that got me a bit pissed,” I replied and dropped what I was going through to give her my undivided emotion for a bit. “And wh
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CHARLOTTE'S POV Another gala in how many weeks? This was the way of the rich: tons of galas and private parties held among each other, most of them to showcase their wealth and quite a few to either catch up or discuss business with fellow businessmen and women and potential partners. I was quite used to the parties; the six years I had spent with my ex-husband had taught me quite a lot, most of them valuable lessons, and one of them is not to believe some of the smiles that are directed to you in parties like this— in fact, most of them.They are mostly fake ones. If you find it hard to believe, then wait till you hear what is being said behind your back. I let out a soft sigh and went inside with Sawyer by my side. “We have a huge discussion to have once we are done with this party,” Sawyer said, pulling me out of my thoughts. I turned to look at him briefly. “How serious is it, and would it be a good one?”“Yes, it is,” he answered. I took my gaze off him to stare forward. “
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Charlotte’s POVMonday mornings always feel the same, dreadful.For six years, I’ve followed the same routine: waking up before dawn, dressing in muted elegance, and arriving at Watson Holdings as both Drake Watson’s secretary and wife. The title wife was supposed to mean something, but in reality, it was just a formality. It was an empty title given to a woman he never really noticed.My eyes are set to meet the man who never treated me the way I had desperately hoped. He never fulfilled my dream of a complete and fulfilling marriage with him. As my driver pulls up in front of the towering glass monolith, unease creeps up my spine. Something feels… off.“The Watson Holdings Tower is coming up, ma’am,” my new driver said, cutting into my thoughts.“Which entrance, ma’am?” the driver asks, eyeing me through the mirror.“Take me to the regular staff entrance. East side,” I caught the driver's confused gaze in the rearview mirror.“But…. are you Mrs. Watson? I was instructed to—”“Pleas
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Drake’s laughter filled the room, rich and unrestrained. A sound so foreign— because he had never laughed like that with me.The realization stung, sharp and unforgiving.I stepped into his office, my presence an uninvited disruption.His gaze snapped to mine. Cold. Impatient. Not surprised, but annoyed.Mia's lips curled in satisfaction, but I caught a flicker of something calculating in her eyes—a predator sizing up its prey."I've heard quite a bit about you, Ms...""Mrs. Charlotte Watson," I supplied answers, my voice steadier than I felt. The name I’d carried for six years suddenly felt like borrowed clothing..Mia’s smile widened as she extended a perfectly manicured hand. Confidence. Untouchable.“Hmm, you don’t have that title anymore, darling. I was his first love, and soon, I'll be his fiancée.”The words pierced through me with surgical precision. How could she have the audacity to say that directly to my face? My stomach contracted painfully as a wave of cold dread washed
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"You heard me. Apologize to Mia." Drake insisted again while my heart was still sinking from his last words.Pride warred with practicality as humiliation crawled up my throat. But what choice did I have?"I'm sorry," I whispered, the words tasting like ashes on my tongue.Mia's lips curved into a smile of pure triumph. She patted Drake's shoulder, gazing up at him adoringly. "It's okay, Drake. It was just an accident. Charlotte didn't mean it."My hands clenched at my sides. Six years. Six years of sacrifice, compromise, and unwavering loyalty. And in this moment, she meant less to him than a stranger."Go clean yourself up," Drake said offhandedly. "Mia, use my credit card to order a replacement for your outfit. Charlotte, clean up this mess before my next appointment arrives."Mia stood, pressing a soft kiss to Drake's cheek before sauntering past Charlotte. She didn't speak, but her smirk communicated volumes.Shocked, I felt something essential unraveling inside me. As if my enti
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Drake’s POVI was sitting in my office with Mia, and just being around her filled me with a lightness I hadn’t felt in six years. If she hadn't begged me with those pleading eyes back then, I never would have let her leave for that modeling contract in Paris.Mia and I met at a gala seven years ago. She wasn’t just beautiful—she was magnetic. Being with her felt effortless. Charlotte, on the other hand, had been a complication from the start.We first crossed paths in high school, but our real connection happened much later, in a hotel room I barely remember. By then, she had earned her MBA and was working at my father’s company. I never saw her as anything serious, but she forced my hand.Even though we both gained something from this marriage, I knew she had been desperate to make it happen. She acted as if she loved me, but in reality, she only wanted to secure her position in my family's business once I inherited it. She never wanted me, only the title of Mrs. Watson, the power th
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Charlotte's POV"What do you want, Mia?" I folded my arms across my chest, unconsciously shielding my still-flat stomach.Mia's ruby-red lips curved into a smile that never reached her eyes as she strode into the room with the confidence of someone who believed they already owned everything in it. The door clicked shut behind her with a finality that made me shiver."You sent Drake a message, didn't you?" Mia's voice carried a melodic lilt that somehow made her words even more cutting. Her gaze dropped momentarily to my midsection before returning to her face, the flicker of disgust unmistakable.I felt my spine stiffen. "Whatever I sent to Drake is between him and me.""Is it, though?" Mia moved further into the room, trailing manicured fingers across the pristine desk surface. Her Louboutins clicked against the hardwood floor like a metronome counting down my remaining dignity. " he forwarded your little... announcement... straight to my phone. With commentary. He wants you to get r
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After Divorce, My Secretary Wife Becomes Rival Boss Chapter 0025
CHARLOTTE'S POV Another gala in how many weeks? This was the way of the rich: tons of galas and private parties held among each other, most of them to showcase their wealth and quite a few to either catch up or discuss business with fellow businessmen and women and potential partners. I was quite used to the parties; the six years I had spent with my ex-husband had taught me quite a lot, most of them valuable lessons, and one of them is not to believe some of the smiles that are directed to you in parties like this— in fact, most of them.They are mostly fake ones. If you find it hard to believe, then wait till you hear what is being said behind your back. I let out a soft sigh and went inside with Sawyer by my side. “We have a huge discussion to have once we are done with this party,” Sawyer said, pulling me out of my thoughts. I turned to look at him briefly. “How serious is it, and would it be a good one?”“Yes, it is,” he answered. I took my gaze off him to stare forward. “
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DRAKE’S POV “Hi, love,” Mia said while approaching me, swaying her hips with a big smile on her face. Aria followed her closely behind; they both sat on the client’s chair opposite me. The smile on Mia’s face slowly disappeared and got replaced with a frown real quick. “You don’t sound too happy to see me. What’s wrong? Or have you gotten tired of my pretty face?” she questioned, cupping her face with her palm and making huge puppy eyes. It was an expression she was fond of making whenever she pissed me off and was trying to calm me down, which rarely happens. Even if I get pissed, I make sure that I don't make it known except when I want to. I barely lose control of my emotions, and only one person has ever done so. I don’t know why it had to be someone who only loved me for my money. “I’m not pissed at you; I just got reminded of something that got me a bit pissed,” I replied and dropped what I was going through to give her my undivided emotion for a bit. “And wh
After Divorce, My Secretary Wife Becomes Rival Boss Chapter 0023
DRAKE’S POV Immediately I walked into my office, a couple of things had changed, like the positioning of the desk and my chair. It was no longer directly opposite the door; it was now to the right-hand side immediately after the door had been pushed open. I moved my head sideways a bit, checking out the whole office. I wonder whose work this was. Aria Night has hired some couple of guys to help her with it; there are chances that she might have gotten bored of the look after spending three years here. There was also the chance that it could be Charlotte if she is not pleased with what the former setting of the office reminds her of. As much as I would have preferred my old arrangements back, there is nothing bad in trying out new stuff. I made my way to the chair and sank into it. First day of work, and I already have a task waiting for me. I picked up the file placed on the table and went through it. Just then, there was a knock on my office. Without taking my gaze of
After Divorce, My Secretary Wife Becomes Rival Boss Chapter 0022
CHARLOTTE’S POV “Where are you taking us to?” I tilted my head to ask Sawyer for the nth time after he had picked us up. He let out a soft chuckle. He seemed to be enjoying this, my overwhelming curiosity and eagerness to know. “Just calm down, Charlotte; it’s only a matter of time before we get there…” He tilted his head to face me and raised his index finger. “Let me just tell you one last thing. This will be the last time I will answer your question concerning where we are headed. I stared at him, a little bewildered that he was not going to fold at all and was hellbent on not telling me till we arrived. “Seriously?” “Yes, Charlotte, seriously,” he answered. This time, his gaze had already returned to the road. “Maybe he is taking us to a park,” Little Ivy’s tiny voice came from the back seat. I turned back to look at her. “I don’t think he is; it’s already too late to go to the park.” “Really?” Sawyer asked, earning a slight frown from me. He saw the frown on my fac
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Charlotte’s POV I looked around, watching the hands that were down slowly rise up; only a few were left down, including mine and Reddington's. I turned to look at Jaden, our newest investor— the representative of our newest investor— raising his hand in support of Drake getting back his position as the CEO. I leaned back on the chair, keeping my face neutral. I had gotten his plan figured out, but it was too late; there was nothing that I could do now to counter it. I had spent my time trying to figure out why the hell the bastard had suggested accepting the capital that was rejected a while back for whatever reason. On the surface there was actually no gain for him for doing that, or that was how it looked like in the beginning, but the dilution had caused most of the negative effects on me. To retain your position as the CEO unopposed, you have to have passed a certain threshold of share percentage, and I had passed it only by a little before, but after the dilution, it
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Drake’s POV I woke up to the sudden realization that even after my return from the shadows, my life is not the same as it was before I plunged into the shadows. I have no work to go to; my position as the CEO has been temporarily snatched away from me, and not only that, even the power I hold as the highest shareholder among the board members has been taken away from me. It’s all temporary and for a little time before I get back everything from her. But I still couldn’t shake off the question that troubled me: just what the hell happened in the three years that I have been away? I hadn’t noticed anything; I didn’t even keep my ears or eyes down for anything either. After I had been told that she was dead, I just accepted it and tried to move on with my life and deal with the guilt eating away at me. Even though her return was what I had desperately wished for, it wasn’t on the list of things I expected to happen at all. The takeover as the highest shareholder by someone e
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DRAKE'S POV “So you want me to buy the shares in my name on paper, but with your money transfer the shares to you?” Jaden asked, sitting beside me on a barstool in a bar we visited whenever we just wanted to catch up on certain things. Jaden is a friend of mine that has been with me since childhood. The last time we spoke was three years ago. We had drifted away from each other over the years, but we still come together at certain times like this. Anyone can call it. “Yeah, exactly,” I picked up the glass of whiskey in front of me and swirled the liquid in it. “Why though?” He asked curiously and turned to look at me. “That is the only way for me to get back my position as the top shareholder and CEO.” I turned to look at him with the intention of seeing the expression on his face. His eyes widened with surprise at first and slowly furrowed with confusion after he realized that I wasn't kidding and I meant what I was saying. “How the hell did it happen?” His voice came o
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Charlotte's POV Waking up to the cloudy Monday morning did no good to me as it vividly reminded me of what had happened years ago. It was on a day like this that Drake told me he did not need me in his life. Funny enough, the cloud could not be questioned, and I could not help but stare at it with a bittersweet memory flowing through my head, but in the process, my phone chimed, and I picked it up without hesitation, only for the time to make me rise to my feet in a hurry. I was so late that I forgot why I picked the phone up. Shortly after, I took my bath and went about with my daily routine, and in an hour, I shut the door behind me and walked into the garage. “We should be halfway by now," My driver's gaze did not leave his wristwatch, and I could not help but press my lips together. As I slid into the car, a deep sigh escaped my lips like a balloon slowly deflating. "You know I'm not late on purpose, don't you?" I asked, raising an eyebrow and giving a pointed "Really?" lo
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Charlotte’s POV It was quite a surprise to see Drake show his face here; it was really unexpected, and if he had faced me immediately when he walked in, he would have seen the disgusted and pissed expression that made its way to my face. The sight of him irritated me, and not only that, it stirred up the memories that we had shared in the past, but I was quick to mask my facial expression. The highlight of the day and an expression that might stay in my head for a while was the one he made when it was made known to him that I am the new CEO. The meeting was supposed to come to an end, and just as everyone was about to conclude and postpone the meeting,. “You know, during my little break from my position and meetings, I have been thinking of something: ways to inject more capital,” he said with a calm tone. He's plotting something, although I couldn't tell what it was, and his expression was quite unreadable. “That would sound like a really good idea; we need that at the moment,”
