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Chapter 49

Author: DELEPU
last update publish date: 2026-06-10 22:14:45

Arvan POV

The drive home felt three times longer than it should have.

I drove in silence. No music. No radio. Just the sound of the engine and the road changing beneath me — from the narrow streets of a small town to the straight, monotonous stretch of the highway.

My mind wouldn't be still. It kept returning to Kirana.

*Could what Reyna said actually be true? Could Kirana really be gone?*

The question surfaced again without permission, slipping between other images that refused to leave. The q
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  • Mr. CEO, Your Abandoned Wife Has Powerful Brothers   Chapter 49

    Arvan POVThe drive home felt three times longer than it should have.I drove in silence. No music. No radio. Just the sound of the engine and the road changing beneath me — from the narrow streets of a small town to the straight, monotonous stretch of the highway.My mind wouldn't be still. It kept returning to Kirana.*Could what Reyna said actually be true? Could Kirana really be gone?*The question surfaced again without permission, slipping between other images that refused to leave. The quiet corridor of the clinic. Children lying alone without their parents. Small hands pierced by long needles, eyes glistening but not crying.I tightened my grip on the steering wheel."Kirana is not dead. Reyna is lying. She must be hiding her somewhere else."I kept telling myself. Over and over. Until it started to sound like a chant.But the chant grew weaker with every repetition.The phone vibrated on the passenger seat.Lara calling.I glanced at her name twice before answering."Lara," I

  • Mr. CEO, Your Abandoned Wife Has Powerful Brothers   Chapter 48

    Reyna drew a breath, then shook her head slowly. For a moment I thought she was going to pull her hand away. Angry at having discovered my lie.But she didn't."But that's not what frightened me most. It wasn't the misunderstanding about the CEO that kept me thinking about you all day," she said quietly. Her voice trembled, but not the way it had that afternoon. This was a different kind of trembling.I stayed silent, waiting."This afternoon, at the restaurant, I heard someone say that Aldric Ashford had been admitted to hospital." Her fingers tightened around mine. "I knew they meant the CEO. Not you. I kept reminding myself — that's someone else, not my brother. But you share the same name. And you hadn't replied to my messages. Hadn't answered my calls."Her shoulders began to shake."I was scared," she whispered. "I was scared the one in hospital was you. I was scared you were ill and I wasn't there. I was scared of losing —"Her voice broke.And this time, her tears came again.

  • Mr. CEO, Your Abandoned Wife Has Powerful Brothers   Chapter 47

    Aldric POVThe clock showed seven in the evening.Reyna had been asleep for nearly four hours.Earlier, the moment she stepped out of the car, she went straight up to her room. I didn't stop her. Didn't ask why she'd been crying. Not because I didn't care. I just wanted her to settle first.Reyna needed rest more than anything, and I wasn't in a good enough place myself to start a long conversation with her.Several nights of overtime chasing a stalled project had wrecked me. My stomach acid flared up so badly that I had to be rushed to the hospital earlier today.My phone vibrated on the table.A message from Zain.*"Reyna wasn't focused from the start of the meeting. Her eyes were red. At lunch her face was pale—she barely touched her food. That's why I asked her to go home early. What's actually going on with her, Aldric? Why does she look like she has so much on her mind?"*I didn't reply right away. I set the phone down on the table and tightened my jaw.I wanted to know what was

  • Mr. CEO, Your Abandoned Wife Has Powerful Brothers   Chapter 46

    After more than three hours of driving, I arrived at the clinic Casper had mentioned. The place was exactly as described. Small. Remote. The signboard had long since faded. Two plastic chairs sat on the front porch, one of them tilted against the wall because a leg had snapped off. I parked, got out, and ran straight inside. Casper was already there — standing at the reception desk, talking to a nurse in a pale blue uniform. From the nurse's expression, the conversation was clearly not going well. "What's going on?" I asked the moment I reached them. Casper turned. "Mr. Hargrove." He gave a respectful nod. "This nurse says there's no patient named Kirana here. I've already asked her to check, but —" "I've checked twice," the nurse cut in, her voice flat — not hostile, but not warm either. "There is no Kirana Hargrove at this facility." "Please check one more time," I said. "There's no need." She held my gaze without blinking. "We only have fourteen beds. I know every patient's

  • Mr. CEO, Your Abandoned Wife Has Powerful Brothers   Chapter 45

    Arvan POVI was still standing in the narrow passage when Reyna's back disappeared around the corner.My hands were clenched at my sides.Her shove still registered in my chest — not physically, but somewhere deeper. Like a brand left on skin that had already been under pressure too long.'I regret ever letting Kirana have a father as cruel as you.'Her words clung. Wouldn't leave.I let out a sharp breath and turned, walking in the opposite direction. I wasn't going to follow her. I didn't need to. I had already spent far too much of today following that woman — from the meeting corridor, to here, everywhere, as though my feet had been choosing their own direction without asking me.Even last night, I had spent nearly two hours circling the deserted road where I had taken her to talk. Only to find she had already gone — with whatever man had come to collect her.Enough.I wanted nothing more to do with that infuriating woman.I walked toward the restaurant's main entrance and reached

  • Mr. CEO, Your Abandoned Wife Has Powerful Brothers   Chapter 44

    Lunch was lively.Mrs. Whitmore led the conversation with energy that never seemed to tire — telling stories about her mother's home, childhood memories, how she had been imagining the renovation for years. Everyone around the table responded with enthusiasm. Zain joined in at the right moments with the right questions. Ms. Brennan offered technical observations that had Mrs. Whitmore nodding with satisfaction.Everyone ate heartily.Except me.My fork had moved toward my plate three times and never once reached my mouth. The food in front of me looked exquisite — pasta in a cream sauce with truffle shavings whose aroma alone was enough to make anyone hungry. But my stomach felt like it had been filled with stones.*Aldric has been admitted to hospital.*That sentence had been circling my mind since it was spoken. Refusing to leave, no matter how many times I tried to push it into a corner where it wouldn't bother me.I knew the Aldric Arvan meant was this company's CEO — not my broth

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