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I'm in love with my Billionaire Ex-wife Chapter 18
Chapter 18 My supposed date with Charles last night fell through again because he couldn't make it, saying he had a work emergency. I moved back home, feeling crushed. I got all ready for bed. The next morning, I swirled around in the lights of the charity gala as I smelled champagne. With a perfect smile, I could certainly tell Tania had gone overboard this time—there was just opulence everywhere within the ballroom, filled with the elite circles of Mexico City. I smoothed out my crimson dress, very aware of the eyes following my every move. Whispers hadn't stopped since I walked in—murmurs about Alejandro's treachery, about my highly unwelcome tenacity. Let them whisper. I was through with being intimidated. "You look ravishing," a familiar voice purred in my ear. I turned around to find Miguel drop-dead gorgeous in his fitted tux. My stupid, skipping heart managed to keep my voice cool. "Thank you. You look pretty good yourself."
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Chapter 19 Battle in the Boardroom The atmosphere was palpable in the boardroom when I stood at the head of the table. Perspiration underneath a well-composed exterior, heart pounding, ahead lay nothing but varieties of skepticism and hostility coming from the faces looking back at mine. I took a deep breath, and so the battle began. "Gentlemen," I began in a voice not quite bristling, as nerves throbbed, "I know what's on your minds—all these mishaps that happened lately. Let me assure you, the Antonio Group stands more stalwart than ever." A snort of derision cut me short from my left. "Stalwart?" That was Rodrigo Vega, one of the most outspoken of our board members. "If your own brother tried to sabotage the company, how can we trust anything that comes from the same Antonios?" A flash of anger, ruthlessly squelched. "Alejandro's actions were his own," I managed to say firmly. "I've put new security measures in place to ensure nothing as such ever happens again." When I c
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Chapter 20 Bang! It was almost unbelievable, cause of all the work I almost forgot about my birthday, like I've been so stressed out lately, that I couldn't even prepare anything for myself, but luckily for me , I still had people who care about me and my happiness; this was all that Charles had set up for my birthday. I mean I didn't expect this. Here I was, walking into this really beautiful, tastefully decorated room , and my heart just started swelling in appreciation. Right in front of me stood some of my dearest friends and coworkers; their faces gleamed with smiling faces and happiness for my sake. "Surprise!" they cheered, and warmth flushed all over my face. At that moment, all the stress and drama that had been in my life lately—the Antonio Group, the everlasting struggle for power, the feelings that were there lingering for Miguel; just all of it faded from my mind as I was bathed in love and affection. Sofia, my brand new, bubbly work friend, came bouncing over with
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Chapter 21 I never thought that one day I would be sitting here, wine in hand, very interested and envious about my friend's dating life, listening to the latest Sofia's escapades. sprawled on my couch in the living room and catching up after work, sharing a bottle of wine, we dined into discussions. "And he tried to impress me with his French tone when he ordered lunch," Sofia went on, the evil spark once again dancing in her eyes. "And then he asked for a 'shoe' instead of saying 'wine'. You need to have seen the waiter's face!" I couldn't help a guffaw at that. "Oh my god, that is so funny. How do you find these guys?" Sofia shrugged again, the rascal gleam flickering once more on her smile. "What to say? I got the gift of interesting men. Speaking of which, what about you, Ximena? How's this area of life working out for you?" Now my smile faltered a bit. "You know… nonexistent. Work takes up most of my time." Sofia smiled more gently now. "Hey, I understand that. But you ca
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Chapter 22 Tired, hobnailed, I must have dozed off on the couch. The next thing, the light of day burst through the room via the curtain, and my phone buzzed like a hornet. I groaned, picked it up, and took a look at the screen with just one eye. A dozen missed calls and texts. What great news. I scrolled down to read one, sent by Charles. It hovered there for a minute before I tapped it open. "Hey, can we talk about something? It's important." I heaved a deep sigh and ran my hand through tangles in my hair. The last thing I wanted now was drama, especially after last night's news about Miguel, but Charles never really texted unless it was dire. "Sure. Rosie's in an hour?" I typed back. The response came almost instantly: "See you there." An hour later, I crawled into the coffee shop booth and felt like death warmed over. Charles must have been there for some time because he was seated, preppie pin-up-like in his shirtsleeves and jeans when I arrived. His sharp, brown eyes grew
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Chapter 23 Shattered Glass, Broken Trust Bass pulsed up through the floor and into me as I wove my way around the crowded apartment. This was my colleague Jake's birthday party, and the air in the place was thick with perfume, booze, and anticipation. I moved through the masses with red wine held to my chest like a shield. "Ximena! You're here!" Jake's voice roared over the music as he scooped me up into a bear hug, nearly spilling my drink. I plastered on a smile. "I dare n't have missed it, Jake. Happy birthday!" Honestly, I'd rather be home curled up with a good book. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to contact Sofia when I tried calling her on the phone. Well, it was all part of networking, a fact of life as included in the job description, and Jake was one of the big fishes of our marketing department. So here I was, playing the role of a sociable CEO. I surveyed the room, recognizing faces from work mixed with strangers. Before me, the night stretched out with so much small ta
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Chapter 24 Peaks and Valleys And here I was, on some flight bound for some state with mountains that I had never even heard of before. Great. The plane kept going up, and my cell almost buzzed without a break. On impulse, I brought it up to take a glance, and there was a list of calls and texts I had missed from Sofia. Each one made my stomach turn. 'Please, Ximena. It wasn't what you think. Please let me explain now'. 'Call me back. I'm really scared'. 'Where are you? Charles is going nuts? I snorted and clicked over to put my phone into flight mode. Let them sweat. I had bigger fish to fry—like how in hell I was going to get out of wherever it was that I was going. "Welcome aboard our flight to Copper Canyon," the flight attendant bawled over the intercom in a super hoarse voice. The voice was just familiar; the name, too—some colossal system of canyons up in northern Mexico. Well, by the sound of it, probably as good a place as any to lose oneself for a while. I had barely
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Chapter 25 Miquel's POV I caught a glimpse of myself in the shiny elevator doors. The man staring back in my face was a stranger. Dark circles around his eyes, five o'clock shadow which by this time I just couldn't give a damn to shave off. I had looked like hell, and felt like it too. That familiar, annoying ding went off as the doors were pried open onto the top floor of Ricardo Group Headquarters. Literally, my stomach somersaulted as I stepped out. "Good morning, Mr. Ricardo," my secretary, Camila, greeted, the greeting receiving neither a flinch nor a blink in response. "You have an appointment set for 9 AM in the conference." I nodded, grunted a response that might have been thanks, and pushed on through into my office. The minute the door shut behind me, I let out a shaky sigh. Goddamn it. Another day playing everything all right when it wasn't. Another goddamn day of carrying that secret around like a ticking time bomb. My phone buzzed. Tania. Again. I let it go to voice
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Chapter 165: The Final ReckoningThe night was unusually still, the quiet broken only by the occasional distant car passing by. Ximena had fallen into a light sleep, her body exhausted from the strain of the past few days. But the sudden sound of a floorboard creaking in her apartment jolted her awake.Her heartbeat made a sudden jump to her throat and she glanced toward the living room. The darkness caused by the streetlights outside only appeared to make things even more quiet.The man standing in the doorway leading into the living room was plain to see.Tania.She was standing there, gripping the gun firmly, her eyes were wide open and looked like they had gone mad. Ximena looked paralyzed with a cold feeling running around her body.“Well, well, here we are meeting in person,” Tania spat out her words and was clearly angry. “I knew this would be the moment every time. You never thought that I could do them, did you?”Ximena’s heart beat faster, but she did not allow her tone to
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Chapter 164: A Dangerous EncounterMiguel’s fists connected with the first thug’s jaw with a sickening thud, sending the man stumbling back, his head snapping to the side. Ximena watched from her car, her breath caught in her throat. The sound of the scuffle was echoing down the alley, but she couldn't hear anything except for the pure power and perfection in Miguel's movements.He moved like a force of nature: his muscular frame twisting and turning, his every strike landing with purpose. The men surrounding him tried to overpower him, but Miguel was relentless, fury behind each punch.The night air crackled with energy, and Ximena felt a weird mix of terror and awe. She'd never seen this side of him before, yet it didn't faze her.It was the man she'd married once; the man who would go to any length to protect what he loved.In one leap, one of the thugs pounced on him with a crowbar. However, Miguel was quicker, dodging and managing to sweep a leg to drop him to the ground. In o
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Chapter 163: The Return of TaniaShe stared at the photo in her hand, her heart racing wildly. How had they gotten this photo? Who watched her? She felt her stomach clench as the creeping feeling of vulnerability clawed at her.Miguel had been supportive, but even his presence could not erase the gnawing anxiety that had settled deep inside her. She could still feel the weight of his comforting words from earlier, but they did little to quell the storm brewing in her mind.Tania had kept silent for too long, and now it was as if the calm had been no more than the quiet before the storm.Miguel had insisted on staying the night, refusing to let Ximena face this alone. Now, as they sat together in her living room, Miguel was talking about taking extra precautions for her safety, adding security to her apartment, increasing surveillance around the office, but Ximena wasn't fully listening.She had heard the same promises before, and while she appreciated them, she couldn’t help but fe
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Chapter 162: Shadows ReturnThe next morning, Ximena was back to work, sitting at her desk, her hands fastened on the lid of the portable computer, her fingers drumming the wooden top of the laptop. He had seen her typing away again, probably trying to complete the quarterly reports so that the board meeting in the morning would not consume all the time. Her head was not in the numbers; she was constantly thinking about the peculiarities that had been bothering her all week.The first time she’d noticed it, she thought that perhaps she was imagining it. He had seen a black sedan parked across the street from her building for two consecutive days and the face of the driver was hidden behind the tinted glass. It could have been nothing, but then there were the phone calls; two in the last two days; both of which rang only twice before the line went dead as soon as she picked up.She tried to dismiss it as a mere fluke and went on to telling herself that there was really no need for
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Chapter 161: A New NormalXimena sat down comfortably in her chair and looked at the numbers that target the company’s financial performance in the following quarter. The numbers, as he could see, were fine, were good, in fact, were more than good. The Group was on its way up again in Antonio’s life. Things were finally getting a little less insane, and Ximena was able to concentrate.This lack of drama seemed to them in some way wrong, even unnatural. Living on a daily edge, ready to face the next storm, she found the lack of tumult... dangerous. But was this not what she had wanted?Her phone was ringing on the desk and she had to remove herself from her line of thinking. A message from Clara lit up the screen: “Meeting at 11:30. Coffee on the way.”Ximena, still smiling, thanked her. “Thanks, lifesaver.”Clara was not wrong, after a year, the world seemed to have returned to its normal state.Miguel came to see her later in the morning that same day with a box of pastries and a
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Chapter 160: Shadows Closing InMiguel paced back and forth, his frustration evident in the sharp clicks of his shoes against the polished floor. “She’s up to something. She always is. But I can’t risk dismissing this if it’s tied to Vega.”Ximena crossed her arms over her chest, easing back into her chair. "You're giving her too much credit. This is Tania we're talking about; a master manipulator. She wants you to believe she's our ally just so she can stay close."Miguel stopped pacing and faced her. "What if this time she's telling the truth?"What if she isn't?" Ximena shot back. "Every time we let her in, she leaves chaos in her wake."______________________________________Late that afternoon, Gregorio joined them in Ximena's office. His arrival brought much-needed clarity, though his face was as tense as theirs."I did some digging after Tania's sudden appearance," Gregorio began, placing a file on the desk. "And it seems she's not bluffing entirely."Ximena's eyes slitted a
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Chapter 159: A Desperate MoveTania hesitated for a moment before turning on her heel and walking away, her laughter echoing in the empty street.Miguel turned to Ximena, his jaw tight. “Are you okay?”Ximena nodded, though her hands were still trembling. “Let’s just go.”…………………………………..Ximena was staring out the window of Miguel's car. Her reflection fluttered with the streetlights as they speed-crossed the city.Miguel has his hands clutched tight over the wheel. His knuckles were white. He glanced over to her and his jaw clenched. "You haven't said a word since we left. What is going on inside that head of yours?""What's the word of the day?" Ximena replied in a quiet tone. "That I don't want to play this any longer? That I'm tired of being a target?"Miguel let out a soft breath, his eyes remaining on the road. "You are not alone in this, you know that, right?"Ximena looked at him. "Do I? Because lately, it's feeling like I'm fighting for myself."Miguel was thinking of a come
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Chapter 158: Countdown to ChaosSleep was out of the question. Ximena’s instincts told her this was more than another scare tactic.By the time the sun rose, she was already seated at her dining table with her laptop open and a steaming cup of coffee beside her. The clock ticked ominously as if counting down to an unseen disaster.Her phone buzzed, pulling her out of her thoughts. Miguel’s name lit up the screen.“Morning,” she said, trying to mask her exhaustion.“Did you sleep at all?” Miguel’s voice was tinged with concern.“Not really,” she admitted, rubbing her temples. “The message... I can’t stop thinking about it.”“Neither can I,” Miguel said. “But we have a plan, Ximena. We’re ahead of them.”“Are we?” Ximena asked, doubt creeping into her voice. “Or are we just reacting to whatever they throw at us?”Miguel caught himself and responded in a lower tone. "Meet me at Antonio's Group. Gregorio probably has more news for us."______________________________________The middle o
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Chapter 157: Tightening the GripXimena sat at her desk, staring blankly at her calendar. She'd spent all morning moving meetings around, trying to make sense of a schedule that had begun to feel utterly meaningless under the mounting threats.A knock at the door pulled her from her thoughts. Clara peeked in, the shine gone now from her face since the events of the past couple of days."Miss Antonio, Gregorio is here," Clara said quietly.Ximena nodded, brushing a loose strand of hair behind her ear. “Send him in.”Gregorio entered, his ever-practical briefcase in hand. “Morning, Miss Antonio. Miguel should be joining us shortly. We’ve got some developments you’ll want to hear about.”Ximena gestured for him to sit. “Developments?”Before he could answer, Miguel strode into the room, his expression grim but focused.“Let’s hear it,” Miguel said, taking a seat beside Ximena.Gregorio opened his briefcase, pulled out a few files, and laid them across the desk. "We have located Vega's
