My CEO Ex-Wife

t: Acquisition & New Leadership." My stomach twisted. Another tech buyout in Au

air in the conference room was thick with nervous chatter. I foun

concrete, a predatory grace. Her eyes scanned the room, cold and assessing. The

eryone's screen. Our team lead, Dave, clapped his hands. "Alright, single fol

little bit of forced fun, sure, but a break was a break. I was a

Now." Isabella's v

ed of her expensive, suffocating perfume. She was standing

, not turning around

use

cal project deadline. You'll be working

first I'm hea

y name was highlighted. With a red pen, she drew a thick line through it. "And Jake," her voice dr

ed at her.

over my cubicle wall. "Dude, what was that ab

I mumbled, trying t

t?" Mark, another engineer, chimed in from across the aisle, his

Is she... into you? Like, doing

up. The office gossip m

anyone else in that meeting, but she zeroed in on you. And

nded. "They're practically engaged. Alex. Her college sweetheart

ances. As the doors opened to the lobby, Sarah asked, "

, spill,"

e pavement. "Because I'm the ex-husband she cheated on for fiv

five years of marriage, four years of dating before that. Nine years. A lifetime, it felt like. We didn't even make it to the seven-year itch of marriage, but if you counte