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Chapter 71: The Mistress’s Desperation
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“I don’t know yet.” I paced the room, my mind racing. “But I can’t let her keep winning. Every time she appears, she takes something from me. My reputation. My dignity. The respect I’ve spent years building.” “So what? You want to fight back? Make this messier than it already is?” “I want to protect what’s mine.” I stopped, faced him. “Don’t you?” Something flickered in his eyes. Guilt? Doubt? I couldn’t tell anymore. We’d been together for eight years, and lately I felt like I was looking at a stranger. “Serena is not a threat to us,” he said finally. “She’s bitter and lashing out. But she can’t actually do anything. We have Ethan. We have life. We have everything she lost.” “Do we?” I moved closer, searched his face. “Because the way you looked at her at the party, Adrian, it didn’t look like you had everything. It looked like you wanted something you couldn’t have.” His face shuttered. “That’s ridiculous.” “Is it? You could barely take your eyes off her.” “I was shoc
I’m Back, Mr. CEO Chapter 71: The Mistress’s Desperation
**Vivian POV**The engagement party was three days ago.Three days, and I still couldn’t get the image of her out of my head. Standing on that stage, microphone in hand, looking like she owned the entire room. Like she owned Adrian. Like she owned everything I’d spent eight years building.“May you get exactly what you deserve.”Her words echoed in my skull like a curse.I stood at the bathroom sink, staring at my reflection. Dark circles under my eyes from lack of sleep. Skin pale from stress. I looked like I was falling apart, and I was supposed to be the bride. The winner. The woman who got everything.So why did I feel like I was losing?“Vivian?” Adrian’s voice called from the bedroom. “Are you coming to bed?”“In a minute,” I called back, forcing brightness into my voice.I couldn’t face him right now. Couldn’t look at him without seeing the way he’d stared at her that night. The way his entire body had gone rigid when she walked into the ballroom. The way he’d watched her give
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