My CEO Ex-Wife

My CEO Ex-Wife

Gavin

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The email hit my inbox with the force of a guillotine: "Company-Wide Announcement: Acquisition & New Leadership." My gut twisted, another Austin tech buyout meant more upheaval. Then, I saw the new CEO's name: Isabella Rossi. My stomach dropped. Isabella, my ex-wife, the woman whose betrayal had scarred me deeper than any wound. At the mandatory all-hands meeting, she swept in, a predator in a power suit, her cold eyes scanning for me, devoid of recognition. Later, my name, highlighted on the company BBQ sign-up sheet, was brutally scratched out by her red pen. She demanded I work late, then warned me, "Stay away from any woman in this company. Understood?" My colleagues whispered, wondering if this "ice queen" was strangely flirting or just exercising pure, calculated power. The truth behind her audacity was a wound that never truly healed: five years ago, on our wedding anniversary, she publicly flaunted her "college sweetheart" Alex. The Frost Bank Tower blazed with their names, while I was holding her dying father's hand in the hospital-the very man *she* had abandoned. Her father, seeing my raw pain, urged me to divorce her, handing me a lifeline. Even then, she fought me, trying to manipulate the narrative, accusing me of extorting her over *her own* father's medical bills. Now, after the final decree, she's moved in next door. How much audacity could one person possess, to continue playing these games, attempting to control my life even after our divorce was finalized? My heart felt like a dead thing where Isabella was concerned, a vast, echoing emptiness where too much had been lost. But then, an unexpected and chilling discovery about Alex, a secret only I knew, made me realize this wasn't just about escape anymore. It was time to reveal the true face of the man she'd chosen over me, and finally claim my definitive freedom.

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The email hit my inbox with the force of a guillotine: "Company-Wide Announcement: Acquisition & New Leadership."

My gut twisted, another Austin tech buyout meant more upheaval.

Then, I saw the new CEO's name: Isabella Rossi.

My stomach dropped.

Isabella, my ex-wife, the woman whose betrayal had scarred me deeper than any wound.

At the mandatory all-hands meeting, she swept in, a predator in a power suit, her cold eyes scanning for me, devoid of recognition.

Later, my name, highlighted on the company BBQ sign-up sheet, was brutally scratched out by her red pen.

She demanded I work late, then warned me, "Stay away from any woman in this company. Understood?"

My colleagues whispered, wondering if this "ice queen" was strangely flirting or just exercising pure, calculated power.

The truth behind her audacity was a wound that never truly healed: five years ago, on our wedding anniversary, she publicly flaunted her "college sweetheart" Alex.

The Frost Bank Tower blazed with their names, while I was holding her dying father's hand in the hospital-the very man *she* had abandoned.

Her father, seeing my raw pain, urged me to divorce her, handing me a lifeline.

Even then, she fought me, trying to manipulate the narrative, accusing me of extorting her over *her own* father's medical bills.

Now, after the final decree, she's moved in next door.

How much audacity could one person possess, to continue playing these games, attempting to control my life even after our divorce was finalized?

My heart felt like a dead thing where Isabella was concerned, a vast, echoing emptiness where too much had been lost.

But then, an unexpected and chilling discovery about Alex, a secret only I knew, made me realize this wasn't just about escape anymore.

It was time to reveal the true face of the man she'd chosen over me, and finally claim my definitive freedom.

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