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The weekend after Ares had been torture.

I'd spent Saturday and Sunday hiding in my penthouse like a coward. Working from home. Avoiding the hallway. Timing my exits so I wouldn't run into him.

When I did see him, I looked away. Pretended I didn't notice him watching me. Pretended my entire body didn't react to his presence.

He was furious. I could feel it radiating off him even from a distance.

Sunday morning I'd gone down to the lobby and found him there with Ilias. Our eyes met for half a second before I turned and walked in the opposite direction.

I heard Ilias say something low. Heard Ares's response, too quiet to make out the words but the anger in his tone was unmistakable.

Turner had driven me to a coffee shop across town just to avoid being in the building.

"Everything alright, Ms. Blackwood?" he'd asked carefully.

"Fine. Why?"

"No reason." But he'd glanced in the rearview mirror like he knew exactly why I was running.

Even Maya knew something was wrong. She'd tried to ask
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  • My CEO Ex-Husband's Regret: Chasing His Dying Wife Back    158

    IVYFinding Marcus wasn't hard.Turner made three calls and had his location within minutes. The Vanguard Club in the financial district—exactly where I'd expected him to be. Drinking away his guilt or celebrating what he thought was a perfect crime.Either way, he was about to have a very bad night."You don't have to do this," Maya said as Turner drove through the empty pre-dawn streets. "You could just send the footage to Vincent. Let him handle it.""No." I stared out the window at the city lights. "I need to look Marcus in the eye when I show him what I have. I need to see his face when he realizes he's caught.""And if he tries something? If he gets violent?""Then Turner will stop him." I glanced at Turner in the rearview mirror. "Right?""Absolutely, Ms. Blackwood." His voice was grim. "Nobody touches you. Not again."The Vanguard Club was the kind of exclusive establishment that only existed for people like the Blackwoods—old money, older secrets, and the understanding that w

  • My CEO Ex-Husband's Regret: Chasing His Dying Wife Back    157

    IVYI stared at the mystery name on Turner's phone until the letters blurred together.Sophia Sterling. Visitor access. 6:55 PM - 7:08 PM."That bitch." The words came out soft, deadly. "That fucking bitch was in the parking garage."Maya leaned over to look. "Sophia? Alexander's wife Sophia? What would she be doing at Blackwood Industries?""Sabotaging my car." I stood up from the booth, my hands shaking with rage. "She knew I had the custody hearing coming up. Knew if I was dead, Lucas would go straight to Alexander and her. No custody battle. No judge questioning her fitness as a mother. Just permanent access to my son.""But how would she know which car was yours?" Turner asked. "The parking garage has hundreds of vehicles.""Because Marcus or Genevieve told her." I started pacing the small space beside our booth, my mind racing. "They worked together. The Blackwoods wanted me gone for business reasons. Sophia wanted me gone so she could have Lucas. They found each other somehow a

  • My CEO Ex-Husband's Regret: Chasing His Dying Wife Back    165

    IVYWe didn't go home.Too risky, too public, too many cameras in my building that could place us arriving at midnight looking guilty as hell. Instead, Turner drove us to a twenty-four-hour diner on the outskirts of the city—the kind of place where nobody asked questions and the coffee was terrible but strong.Maya slid into the booth across from me while Turner took the seat beside me, effectively blocking me in. Protecting me even now, even here."Okay." Maya's hands were shaking as she wrapped them around her coffee mug. "We just committed a felony. We broke into a government building. We stole evidence. Are we processing that or are we just moving forward and pretending we're not criminals now?""We're moving forward." I pulled out my laptop, connecting the flash drive with hands that weren't quite steady. "We can have a breakdown later. Right now, we need to see what we risked our freedom for."The diner was nearly empty—just us, a tired waitress refilling coffee pots, and a truc

  • My CEO Ex-Husband's Regret: Chasing His Dying Wife Back    155

    IVY"This is insane." Maya stared at the building across the street, then back at me. "We're actually doing this. We're actually about to commit a felony, breaking and entering.""Technically it's only breaking and entering if we break something," I said, pulling my dark hoodie tighter. "If we just... enter, it's trespassing.""Oh, well, that makes me feel so much better." She adjusted her own black jacket, looking simultaneously terrified and exhilarated. "Turner, please tell her this is insane."Turner sat in the driver's seat of his personal car—not the company vehicle, nothing that could be traced back to the Blackwoods—studying the traffic management office through binoculars. "It's insane," he agreed calmly. "Also necessary."It had been three days since Vincent's visit. Three days since I'd decided to stop waiting for justice and start taking it into my own hands.The first step was getting the CCTV footage from the intersection where my car had been run off the road. Simple, r

  • My CEO Ex-Husband's Regret: Chasing His Dying Wife Back    154

    IVYVincent stood in my hallway looking like he wanted to explode and apologize at the same time, his face caught between fury and something that looked like guilt."What do you want?" I repeated, my voice sharp enough to cut."What is Ares Mortivane doing here?" His voice was low, controlled, but I heard the anger simmering beneath it. "Why are you talking to him? Did I not warn you to stay away from that man? From that particular business?"Something in me snapped."Oh, you warned me?" I laughed, and it came out bitter and harsh. "You warned me to stay away from Ares? That's rich, Vincent. That's really fucking rich coming from you.""Ivy—""No. You don't get to do this. You don't get to show up at my door acting like a protective father when you've done nothing to earn that right." I stepped closer, all the rage and hurt I'd been holding back for months pouring out. "You want to know why I'm associating with Ares Mortivane? A murderer? A dangerous man connected to organized crime?"

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    IVY"Mom?" Lucas tugged at my sleeve again, his voice curious and a little nervous. "Who is that man?"I looked at Ares standing in my doorway with those shopping bags and soft dark circles under his eyes, and I wanted to scream. Wanted to slam the door in his face. Wanted to demand what the hell he thought he was doing showing up here after I'd told him to stay away.But Lucas was watching with wide, innocent eyes, and I couldn't make a scene in front of my son."He's..." I swallowed hard, forcing the words out. "He's a neighbor. A friend."The word "friend" tasted like ash in my mouth. Ares's eyes flickered with something I couldn't read."Hi there." Ares crouched down to Lucas's level, his voice gentler than I'd ever heard it. "I'm Ares. I live across the way. Your mom and I know each other."Lucas tilted his head, studying this tall, intense stranger with the careful assessment of a child who'd learned to be wary of new people. "Why do you have bags?""I heard you just moved in pe

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