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The media, as well as the internet, had a field day reporting the news of Derek’s rescue less than an hour after he was brought back to town with the police and admitted to a hospital.The location of the hospital was kept a secret so that he could heal in peace. He was still in shock, and could not stop marveling at the fact that he had made it alive out of those woods after all that he went through in there.Nobody had told him anything about Jerome yet, despite the fact that he asked them about him numerous times. He could only hope that the man had also survived.Mostly, he just wanted to rest, and so he spent most of the time sleeping in the hospital bed, while doctors poked at and prodded him, trying to nurse him back to health as soon as possible.The first visitor he was allowed to see was Denise. She hurried into the room, her eyes filled with tears, and kissed his forehead ever so gently.“Derek, I was so worried! I’m so glad you’re alive and I’m sorry you went through all t
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"So I was wondering, babe …” Steve began, but then paused. He had come to pick up his sister's kid from school and ran into Ava there.“Yes? What were you wondering?” Ava prodded, giving him her attention.“How would you feel about spending the night at my place? I mean, I understand if you’d rather not and …” He trailed off, his cheeks becoming a faint pink. Ava smiled in amusement. The great and renowned playboy Steve was somewhat shy to ask her to spend the night in his house. She found it rather cute and endearing.“I would absolutely love that, but today can't work because I didn’t inform Harper’s nanny beforehand and my maid is off duty today. I’ll see if I can get the nanny to come this evening, but if she can't, then it will have to be tomorrow or next.” She replied.“Alright then, that’s great. I’ll look forward to your confirmation.” He told her and gave her a kiss on the lips, much to the delight of his young nephew, who began to giggle when they kissed.Ava went to get Ha
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"I … um, well … I don’t think.” She began to say worriedly, but Steve cut her off and took her face in his hands. “Hey, hey. It was only a joke, but I can see that you don’t like it, and I will stop saying stuff like that. I get that it’s way too early in our relationship to be saying such things, so I won’t any longer, okay?” “Okay. I have a question, though.” Ava told him, her relief clear in her voice. “Sure, what is it?” “Well, I mean, you did say you were joking when you talked about Harper and I moving in or you and I becoming more serious than we are now, but is marriage something that you want to do in the near future?” she asked him. “Well, I don’t know for now. I would say no, but then, I want kids of my own someday, maybe not anytime soon, but I would definitely have kids. So you can relax. I can sense marriage is the furthest thing from your mind.” “It is…” “Good, then we’re on the same page. Let’s just enjoy the moment and forget about all talk of the future and wha
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“Oh, my God! That is great news. So he was kidnapped, then? That’s crazy as hell. How can that happen in a big city like this?” Ava asked, coming to sit by him to watch what was being shown on the television.“It beats me, especially because of Derek’s wealth. Makes me realize that I had better beef up security around me. We live in crazy times. There’s not much news on him or what happened to him yet, but I guess we’re going to find out everything in the coming days. Even though he’s a pain in my ass, I’m happy for him that he’s been found.”“Yeah, me too.”“It beats me what correlation or relation they have to all of this, but apparently, Derek’s mother and Amanda were somehow involved in the fiasco earlier today. Amanda is injured because she was shot, and Derek’s mother is dead. She was shot dead by the police. No one knows how they found their way over to where Derek was held hostage or what they were doing there. ”“Oh, my goodness. There must have been some mistake. How on eart
The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge A changed attitude
To Derek’s surprise, Denise came to see him every day at the hospital until he was discharged. She was the last person that he wanted to see, and he would have very much preferred that it was Ava who came to see him, but of course, that was not going to happen.He had just had his afternoon meal when she came into the room yet again, with a bunch of flowers in her hands. Derek nearly groaned. He had asked her to stop coming, and instead, stay with Barry, but she obviously wasn’t about to listen to his instructions.“How are you feeling today, babe?” She asked him as she sailed into the room, dropping the flowers on the table in the room and coming to give him a kiss on the cheek. She seemed to be in great spirits today, which was surprising because she was always in a foul mood.“I feel fine, thank you for asking. I would prefer it if you stopped calling me babe, Denise. Have you heard anything about Jerome?” Derek asked her, his heart in his throat.He did not want to believe that J
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“You did what?!” Derek thundered, unable to believe his ears. “Calm down, okay? It was the best thing to do. I mean, it would be easy to see Barry often, and if you were busy and maybe his nanny was busy too or something, I could easily pop in and watch him.” Denise defended herself. “Oh, come off it. You’ve never shown even the slightest interest in caring for that child right from when he was born.” “That’s part of the change I was talking about. The whole events of the past month had me realizing how fickle life is and how one needs to let go of every bitterness, enjoy the little things in life and all that because it can all be taken away in an instant.” “I didn’t peg you for a motivational speaker,” Derek told her sardonically. “I’m not one. Anyway, I want to be as involved in Barry’s upbringing as possible. The fact that you’re even willing to accept him despite everything … makes me realize what a horrible person I’ve been.” Denise said, casting her eyes downward and r
The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge BACK IN TIME
“Hmmm. I’m not surprised. I’ve tried my best to get her help, but she doesn’t want any help, and I can't force her until she decides that she wants to be helped on her own. That doesn’t seem like it’s going to happen anytime soon.” Derek was saying.“Yeah, I don’t think so too.” Denise agreed.Before either of them could say anything else, there came the sound of a wheelchair approaching Derek’s room. A few seconds later, the door, which was already ajar was pushed open, and Amanda’s maid wheeled her into the room.The maid looked flustered as hell, as though she would rather be anywhere else but there, but she dutifully greeted Derek and Denise, and then stood aside, looking extremely uncomfortable.Amanda’s foot, where she had been shot, was heavily bandaged, and she looked really terrible. In fact, she looked far worse than Derek, who had been through hell in those woods long before she surfaced there.“You asshole!” She screamed at him the minute she entered the room fully.“It’s
The CEO Ex-Wife's Revenge TWO SURPRISE VISITS
After Derek had spent two weeks in the hospital, Barry was finally well enough to see him. Denise and Barry’s nanny brought the child, who was discharged from the hospital the week before, to visit Derek. They did not tell Derek that they were going to bring Barry over, so it was a pleasant surprise when the door opened and all three came in, bearing identical smiles that showed how happy they were to have been able to surprise Derek. “Daddy!” Barry yelled happily as soon as he sighted his father, struggling to come down from his nanny’s arms. One glance at the boy, and Derek knew that it didn’t matter that Denise had confessed to him that he wasn’t Barry’s biological father. He did not care to know who Barry’s biological father was because there was no point in knowing. As far as he was concerned, Barry was his son and it was going to be that way until the very end. The nanny helped Barry up into the hospital bed, where he hugged his father for a long time, refusing to let g
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