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Ruin Me Mr CEO Chapter 37
Rielle…I told myself I wasn’t going to cry — that I was stronger than this — but the truth was, I felt hollow. The kind of hollow that ached in places you didn’t know existed until they hurt.The smell of his cologne still lingered in the air, faint but impossible to ignore. It was ridiculous how a scent could undo me like this.I walked back to his desk and sat in his chair, tracing my fingers along the edge where his hand always rested. It was still warm.That stupid warmth made my chest tighten all over again.I should’ve been angry.Angry that he didn’t tell me about the trip.Angry that he still let Linda hang off him like she belonged there.But instead, all I could feel was fear — fear that he was pulling away.He’d said it was personal, but personal meant private, and private meant not me.I leaned back in the chair and stared at the ceiling, whispering,“Why does it hurt so much when I’m not even supposed to matter?”My phone buzzed on the table beside me.For a second, my h
Ruin Me Mr CEO Chapter 36
Zayden’s POVThe door clicked shut behind me, but her voice stayed.“You should go. Wouldn’t want to keep her waiting.”That tone—quiet, trembling, but sharp enough to cut through me—wouldn’t leave my head.Linda was talking beside me, something about flight schedules, the driver, and the meeting arrangements, but I barely heard her. My mind was still in that office. With her.Rielle.She didn’t understand. I wasn’t leaving to avoid her. I was leaving to find something I’d lost a long time ago—someone who might not even want to be found.But I couldn’t tell her that. Not yet.When she’d said “You two are even closer than I thought,” I wanted to stop her. To tell her that whatever she thought she saw between me and Linda wasn’t real. Linda was noise, history, comfort—nothing more. But Rielle…Rielle was chaos. The kind that burned everything I tried to control.The elevator doors slid shut, and I caught my reflection in the mirror—cold eyes, tight jaw, and something else. Guilt.She di
Ruin Me Mr CEO Chapter 35
RielleZayden’s phone buzzed on the desk, the sound cutting through the silence.I glanced toward it, still trying to steady my breathing. The morning light was spilling through the blinds, soft and golden — it should’ve felt peaceful, but something about the look on his face wasn’t.He reached for the phone, thumb swiping across the screen. His expression shifted almost instantly — calm, unreadable, like a mask sliding back into place.I sat up, the fabric of my blouse brushing against my skin. “Who’s that?” I asked quietly.He didn’t answer right away. Then he turned the screen slightly, as if debating whether to show me.A message glowed across it:Linda: I’ll be there in ten minutes. Pack up before I come. Our flight leaves in an hour.My chest tightened. “You’re leaving somewhere?”Zayden looked at me — eyes steady, voice controlled. “It’s work. I should’ve told you earlier.”“Work?” I repeated, my voice sharper than I intended. “No appointment of yours passed across my nose. I’m
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Linda’s eyes lit up with purpose. “Then what are we waiting for?” she said, already pulling her phone from her bag. “I can have us on the next flight out. We’ll need somewhere to stay—maybe a small inn or a local rental. If it’s as small as you say, it won’t be hard to find anyone new who’s moved there.”I watched her move around the room, voice low but quick, her usual calm replaced by excitement. For the first time in weeks, she looked alive again — and that should have made me feel something like relief. Instead, I just felt… conflicted.“Linda,” I said quietly.She glanced up, phone still in her hand. “What?”I hesitated. “Rielle should know about this.”Her smile faltered just slightly. “Zayden,” she said carefully, “you don’t have to tell her everything. Not yet. This is personal — family. And after everything with Dante, maybe some space would do you both good.”I rubbed a hand across my jaw, the tension creeping back into my shoulders. She wasn’t wrong. Rielle had enough chaos
Ruin Me Mr CEO Chapter 33
“I saw Lucas leave.”It was Linda.“Did my father send you here too?” I asked, already frustrated with the parade of morning visitors.She gave a soft laugh, stepping closer. “You know he wouldn’t dare. I’m on your side.”Her hand landed on my shoulder, light but deliberate, and that familiar smirk curved her lips — the one that always carried more meaning than her words.I managed a small smile, the tension in my chest easing just a little. For all her sharp edges and games, Linda had always been the one person who seemed to understand me — and, for now, the only one I could trust to stay by me no matter what.Linda’s perfume lingered in the air — soft, expensive, the kind that made it hard to tell where memory ended and presence began.“You look tired,” she said, studying me with that too-perceptive gaze. “You’ve been working nonstop again, haven’t you?”I exhaled, rubbing the back of my neck. “There’s a lot going on. The trip, the board, my father’s sudden interest in my life—take
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Zayden.It was a Sunday morning, and the last person I expected to see in my house was my stepbrother, Lucas.He had this habit of disappearing for weeks and then showing up like nothing ever happened — always unannounced, always at the worst possible time.The last time he’d appeared, he’d taken Rielle out for a drink, and I was still pissed about it.“You know you’re going to have to see him, right? Sooner or later, brother.”Lucas’s voice drifted behind me, calm but too certain, as though he was delivering a fact rather than an opinion. He stood there, a glass of wine dangling carelessly in his hand, posture loose against the balcony rail.I didn’t turn around. My reflection in the glass wall looked back at me, pale and tired-eyed, hair falling messily into my face. The city glittered beneath me like it belonged to someone else.“Is this why you came to town?” My voice was flat, dangerous. “To play messenger boy? If he wanted to see me so badly, he could’ve picked up a phone. Bette
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