All Chapters of Married to the Enemy CEO : Chapter 1 - Chapter 4

AVA“One ticket. Anywhere.”The airline hostess paused mid-type and looked up at me. Her eyes darted down to the coat I had wrapped around myself, the edges stiff with dirt and the torn lace of a wedding dress peeking out beneath it.“Anywhere?” she asked cautiously, like she wasn’t sure she heard me right.I nodded, gripping the counter harder than I needed to. “As long as it gets me out of Manhattan.”She hesitated, then typed faster. “Las Vegas. Leaves in thirty minutes. No connections.”“Perfect,” I said.“ID?”My eyes widened. Shit. My ID.For a second, I just stood there, frozen.Then instinct kicked in. I checked my purse, and there it was. The ID card I’d picked up this morning in Julian’s suite. A wave of quiet relief swept over me as I handed it to her.She glanced at the name, then looked back at me. I silently hoped she wouldn’t recognize me.But I could tell she did. The news must’ve already spread like wildfire.Still, she said nothing. Just printed the boarding pass, sl

AVAI paced the hotel room like a caged animal. The curtains did little to shut out the Vegas sun, and the humming of the air conditioning was starting to feel like static in my head.I needed to think. I needed to move. I needed… something.I grabbed the phone beside the bed and hit the room service button. When they answered, I snapped, “Can someone lend me a phone? Please. I need to make a call. It’s urgent.”Fifteen minutes later, a young woman knocked and handed me a basic cell. “Ten minutes,” she said. “Management’s rule.”I dialed the only person I could trust, Noelle, my best friend.“Ava?” she answered on the second ring. Her voice cracked with disbelief. “Oh my God. Where the hell have you been? Everyone’s been losing their minds. There’s police everywhere. Your parents,”“I don’t care about them.” I cut her off. My voice was sharper than I intended. “Just… tell me what’s going on back home.”Noelle exhaled slowly. “It’s chaos. Your dad's PR team is trying to bury the weddin