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I’m Back, Mr. CEO

I’m Back, Mr. CEO

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last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-17
By:  Sire BlissCompleted
Language: English
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Synopsis

First-Person POV

CEO

Betrayal

Divorce

Pregnant

Brave

Fast-Paced Plot

Drama

Independent

She gave him her youth, her loyalty, her heart……only to be betrayed in the cruelest way. Adrian paraded his mistress and their daughter before the world while Serena, carrying his child, was left broken and forgotten. Even her own son was turned against her, calling another woman “Mommy” as if she never existed. Years later, the woman they all discarded returns. No longer weak, Serena is now the dazzling force behind a global empire. Her ex-husband burns with obsession, the mistress grows desperate to destroy her, and the child she lost to lies begins to see the truth. “Why now?” Adrian demands, eyes dark with desire. Serena’s gaze is cold, her smile sharper than glass. “Because this time, I belong to no one… not even you.” Her rise will be their ruin — and her revenge will be unforgettable.

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Nanarh Lee
Nanarh Lee
I enjoyed this book more than I expected, It was truly a beautiful and engaging read.
2026-04-14 08:21:27
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Sire Bliss
Sire Bliss
New Book out now “Fake Dating My Ex’s CEO” Check it out. You would love it. Trust me
2026-03-19 19:05:25
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Belle Allen
Belle Allen
Great read!! Through the ups and down, you will enjoy it!!
2026-03-17 00:44:10
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Evernight
Evernight
Hi Sire bliss Your story popped up on my feed— over 20k reads is not small at all. I’m part of the team at Novelflow (pay-to-read platform with active readers on iOS/Android, Top 10 in some regions). We offer authors monthly payment and signing bonus. Can I DM for more info?
2026-02-10 18:04:15
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Kimberly
Kimberly
Sire you are amazing at writing emotions. I truly understand how Serena and Adrian feel and all the emotions they are going through. Even Ethan’s young voice and how he’s processing everything is amazing. Again I truly appreciate your gift for writing
2025-12-30 03:53:21
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304 Chapters
Chapter 1: The Anniversary That Never Was
SERENA POV:The candles burned a bit low.I glanced at my watch again. 8:47 PM. Nothing yet. No texts. No calls. Not even a lie about traffic or last-minute meetings.The dining room smelled of rosemary and roasted lamb, his favorite. His mother used to cook it for him whenever there was a special occasion. I spent an entire afternoon perfecting the recipe. The table was set perfectly, too: white linens I pressed myself, gold-rimmed chinaware we got as our wedding gift three years back but had never really used, flowers from the market, wine in the decanter giving it a little air. My hand went to my stomach; a habit formed over the last few weeks. Still flat. Still secret.Tonight was the night I was supposed to tell him.I had practiced it a hundred times in every way imaginable: casually, slipping it into conversation while having dinner; dramatic, tossing the sonogram lovingly wrapped inside a gift box on the table; sweet, telling him while feeling his arms around me. But Adrian n
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Chapter 2: The Woman Who Replaced Her
I didn’t sleep.How could I? Every time I shut my eyes, it was her I saw. That brilliant hair. That perfect smile. That little girl that put a hand on Adrian’s cheek as if she had done it a thousand times before.Like she belonged there.I tidied away the dining room at midnight, cleaning up on autopilot. I packed the lamb nobody would eat. I scrubbed at the wine stain that wouldn’t come out. I threw out the flowers. The staff would be back at six in the morning, and Margaret was right on one thing: I wouldn’t give them any more ammunition.They already had enough.Now, I sat in the living room on yesterday’s dress, watching dawn seep in through the windows. The penthouse was across town. Adrian was there right now. Maybe asleep. Maybe not alone.My stomach gave a sick churn. I gently pressed my hand against it."It's okay," I whispered to the growing secret. "We're okay."A lie. We weren't okay. Nothing was okay.My cell phone lay on the coffee table, the screen black. Fifty-three mi
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Chapter 3: The Secret She Can No Longer Hide
*NEXT DAY*"You're still here."From my watching him and his back turned to me, and with the coffee, which Clara had forced on me three hours ago, the clock reading 11 o'clock, Adrian came home after all, Walking into the house in the tuxedo from last night, bow tie undone and hanging around his neck."Where else could I be?" The voice was strange to me. It was flat. As though all the emotion had been extracted from it."I thought..." He ran a hand through his hair, and I noticed the gold cufflinks. The ones I had given him for his first anniversary. He was still wearing them. "Margaret said she talked to you.""She did.""Then you understand the situation."The situation. He called it a situation. Like it was some kind of business problem. A merger gone wrong. Not a marriage imploding."I understand your mistress is sleeping in the room next to yours. I understand you have a daughter you never mentioned. I understand I watched you on television last night calling them your family."
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Chapter 4: The Mistress Moves In
I didn’t leave the bedroom for the rest of the day.Clara called six times. I let it go to voicemail. What would I even say? That my husband's college girlfriend was living down the hall? That I was pregnant with a baby he called “bad timing”?The words wouldn’t come. Nothing would come except the hollow ache spreading through my chest.Around seven PM, my stomach cramped. Sharp enough to make me gasp. I curled up on the bed, one hand pressed to my abdomen, the other gripping the sheets.Please. Please don’t let anything be wrong.The cramp faded. Then came back. Stronger this time.I forced myself to breathe slowly. In through my nose. Out through my mouth. The doctor had warned me. Stress could cause complications. Stress could hurt the baby.But how was I supposed to not be stressed when my entire world was collapsing?Another cramp. This one sent me stumbling to the bathroom, dizzy and nauseated. I made it to the toilet just in time.When I finally looked up, my reflection in the
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Chapter 5: The First Betrayal
Adrian’s fist hit the table so hard his wine glass tipped over, red spreading across the white tablecloth like blood. “Don’t.”“I’m just saying what everyone’s thinking,” Vivian continued, unbothered by his anger. “She could be pregnant by anyone. That man from the charity event, the one who couldn’t take his eyes off her. What was his name? Lucas something?”“Stop.” My voice came out barely above a whisper.“Or maybe one of the staff. It’s not unheard of, lonely wives seeking attention elsewhere.”“I said stop.”“Vivian.” Adrian’s voice was deadly quiet. “That’s enough.”She sat back, satisfied. The damage was done. I could see it in Margaret’s eyes, the seed of doubt planted and already taking root.“I want a paternity test,” Margaret announced.The world tilted.“What?” I couldn’t have heard that right. Couldn’t have.“A paternity test. Before we acknowledge this child, before we accept any responsibility, I want proof that it’s Adrian’s.”“You can’t be serious.”“I am perfectly se
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Chapter 6: The First Betrayal ( Pt 2)
We pulled up to the mansion at 8:45. Clara walked me to the door, squeezing my hand.“Call me the second that lawyer contacts you. And if anyone in that house says one more cruel word to you, call me. I will come back and commit justified homicide.”Despite everything, I almost smiled. “I love you.”“I love you too. Now go prove them all wrong.”I watched her drive away, then took a breath and opened the door.Voices from the living room. I froze in the foyer, listening.“…completely inappropriate. She’s humiliating this family.”Margaret’s voice.“She’s hurting, Mother. Give her some grace.”Adrian. Actually defending me? That was new.“Grace?” Margaret’s laugh was sharp. “She doesn’t deserve grace. She deserves consequences. If that child isn’t yours—”“It is mine.”Silence. Then:“You can’t possibly know that.”“I know my wife.”“Do you? Because it seems to me you’ve been rather… distracted lately.” A pause. “Vivian mentioned seeing her with that Grant man at the charity gala. Very
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Chapter 7: The Results No One Wanted
The email arrived exactly seventy-two hours after they drew my blood.I was in the bedroom, the one that used to be ours before Adrian moved his things out. The one that now felt like a prison cell with expensive wallpaper.My phone chimed. Manhattan General Hospital. Subject: Paternity Test Results.My hands shook so badly I almost dropped the phone.This was it. Proof. Vindication. The moment they’d all have to admit they were wrong about me.I opened the email. Scanned the medical jargon. Found the only line that mattered:*Probability of paternity: 99.99%*Adrian Moore was the father. No question. No doubt. Scientific, irrefutable fact.I took a screenshot. Forwarded the email to Adrian, to Margaret, just like I’d listed them to receive it automatically. Then I sat there, waiting for something. An apology. An acknowledgment. Anything.My phone stayed silent.Ten minutes passed. Then twenty. Then an hour.Nothing.I couldn’t stay in that room anymore. Couldn’t sit there staring at
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Chapter 8: The Mother-in-law’s Cruelty
The dinner invitation came three days after the test results.Not a request. A command, delivered via text from Margaret.Margaret: Family dinner tonight. 7 PM sharp. Your presence is required.Required. Like I was an employee. Like this was a business meeting and not a meal with people who were supposed to be my family.I should have refused. Should have stayed in my room, ordered takeout, pretended the rest of them didn't exist.But some pathetic part of me still hoped. Still thought maybe tonight would be different. Maybe they'd see me. Maybe they'd care.I was such a fool.I dressed carefully. The navy dress Adrian used to say looked elegant. Pearl earrings. Hair pulled back. Makeup covering the shadows under my eyes from three nights of barely sleeping.I looked put together. Like I was fine. Like I wasn't falling apart.The dining room was already full when I arrived at 6:58. Adrian at his usual spot, scrolling through his phone. Margaret at the head of the table, regal as alway
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Chapter 9: Invisible in Her Own Marriage
TWO DAYS LATER**ADRIAN POV**The Paris flight was scheduled for 6 AM.I stood in my closet at the penthouse, packing shirts I wouldn’t remember wearing, ties I wouldn’t remember choosing. My assistant had emailed the itinerary twice. Three days in Paris. Meetings with potential investors. A gala on the second night.Standard business trip.Except it wasn’t.“Do you have everything?” Vivian appeared in the doorway, already dressed despite the early hour. She looked perfect. She always looked perfect.“Almost done.”“Emma is so excited. She’s never been to Paris.” Vivian smiled, moving into the room. “I told her about the Eiffel Tower. The gardens. She wants to see everything.”I folded another shirt. Didn’t look at her.This was a mistake. I knew it was a mistake. But Mother had suggested it. Vivian had agreed enthusiastically. And I hadn’t had the energy to fight.I never had the energy to fight anymore.“Adrian?” Vivian’s hand touched my arm. “Are you alright?”“Fine.”“You don’t se
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Chapter 10: The Poison in Paris
AT PARIS**ADRIAN POV**The hotel suite overlooked the Seine. Vivian had insisted on connecting rooms so Emma could be close, but the little girl had fallen asleep an hour ago, exhausted from the flight and the excitement.Now it was just us. Me and Vivian. A bottle of wine neither of us had touched sitting on the table between us.“This is nice,” she said softly, curled up on the sofa. “Being here with you. Like old times.”Old times. College. When everything was simple and I thought I knew what love was.Before Serena. Before the guilt. Before everything got so complicated.“Emma seems happy,” I said, deflecting.“She is. She adores you, Adrian. You’re everything she’s ever wanted in a father.” Vivian paused. “Everything I ever wanted for her.”I looked out at the city lights, trying not to think about the house back in New York. About Serena alone in that bedroom, probably crying again. She was always crying lately.“You’re thinking about her.” Vivian’s voice was quiet. Not accusin
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