Mr. Sterling, Your Ex-wife is a Famous CEO

to his arms inspecting

't let you hurt him like that." Serena's voice was sugary swee

k before quickly sweeping his gaze back to hi

, explaining, "Arabella wants to come to the annual party tonight. I

umourless chuckle, intenti

or so many years but this one? It was

ook, the fake fear her eyes hel

nd firmly, his eyes spitting fire, "Arabella, stop your stupi

ved his hand off her, "Just tell your

order?" Catherine, Adrian's mom wheeled i

ck severely, making her sha

ired, "Mother, Axel is asking questions about this

u?" Catherine asked,

d amused her, "Then you should sign the damn paper

with a groan, head til

nded up with the divorce reminder, even mo

still carried the guilt of that terrible accident that

bought her her first pretty dress...gave her her

ead. And Arabella wa

I'm glad Father isn't to witness

m went

und the handle of her chair, h

t blank, the kind

k, pinning her to the counter. His voice was low, dan

ing up her waist from the impac

s quiet.

r at least the slightest bit of respect for father

t? Last night?" His tone was f

for him

e didn't know we ended

usion, maybe. Like he was trying to rememb

ng to bed," he muttered, m

over. "You don't rememb

ke responsibility. Would

aw working like he was trying to piece

d, and when she finally spoke, her voice broke

a heartbeat...just like his feeling

r gaze, "Serena and I have always been toget

's breat

st

n she was twelve. And Adrian h

he brotherly love blurred into

art raced every time he held her hand

grazing her ear, "You were alway

af

her chest. Not her heart-

gile hope that maybe, somewhere buried

had

ned as he warned, "So don't ev

gry tears in her eyes, "Mom, please go and rest i

y. The only domestic staff that was allowed to re

s she looked up at Arabella, "Arabella, I'm goin

dy am. I think the orphana

, but she ignored him, walkin

*

as everyone had gone to the company's annual charity gala which wa

ure of Axel on her pho

d Serena, but she'd never been worried because as much as

oo, but after today, she realized all tha

plating, her phone buzzed. A

eeding. Com

stopping to think she ran out of the

Adrian didn't just call a hospital first.

er. It rang. Once.

oubt away, "May

she arrived a

n, still in the plain dress she'd been work

t guests, their champagne raised in a poised hush as A

ming he was too busy with his stu

s pulled back, their eyes slipping over her apron and

every table, every corner-heart in her

eside Catherine, holding what looked like a kid's suit. In

istance, it

od. B

ully shoving Serena aside, drop

does it hurt?

he smell hit he

i

froze on A

mmy

through the hal

tly, spreading through

reporters surged forward, cameras flashing li

d really Adri

an affair with

ocating her. She pulled Axel tighter aga

d Adrian acro

stone, jaw so tight she could see the muscle jumping

pure, c

h

ed dramatically to her chest, but

to meet Serena's gaze. A sinis

y Arabella

realize she'd wa

was in full

The cameras. The qu

nned this.