All Chapters of The Heiress's Choice : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

32 Chapters

21. Two Weeks Later

Elena’s pov I zipped my suitcase open and stared at it on my bed.Tomorrow morning, I would be on a plane with Damien. My ex-husband. I had no idea how I was supposed to act around him.But honestly?Right now, Singapore felt more like an escape than anything else.An escape from my head. From the mess I let myself fall into.It was Saturday evening and I was folding clothes like a robot. My body worked while my mind replayed the past two weeks in a loop I couldn’t stop.Two weeks since the game, two weeks since that kiss.Two weeks of Caleb slowly slipping away from me.It didn’t happen all at once, it started small. Shorter replies, longer pauses between texts, calls that never came, and when we did talk, it was always brushed off with some new excuse.I kept pretending I was fine, telling myself that he was just busy. That athletes have insane schedules and that I shouldn’t read into it.But I did.God, I did.I felt it in the small moments, checking my phone too often, re-readi

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22. Close Quarters

Elena’s povThe plane touched down in Singapore, and for the first time in days, I felt like I could breathe properly.Distance didn’t fix anything, but at least it quieted the noise.Well… almost because the man sitting beside me on this trip wasn’t the one I wanted to be here with.The limo ride from the airport was silent, just the steady hum of the engine and the driver talking softly about landmarks we weren’t really listening to. I kept my gaze out the window, watching the city blur past, glass towers rising into the sky, clean roads, everything polished and intentional.Singapore was beautiful. Too beautiful for the mess in my head.I rubbed my temples. My body felt heavy, the exhaustion of the flight and the sleepless night before catching up with me. Damien kept to himself, offering me the window seat without a word, not trying to force conversation. Somewhere between dozing off and dreaming, I felt a hand adjusting the blanket over me, tucking it around my shoulders gentl

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23. The Merger Deal

Elena's POVInside the diner were glass walls and sweeping city views, with sunlight reflecting off every surface.It was elegant in that expensive way. White tablecloths, polished cutlery, and soft music humming in the background.The clients were already seated when we walked in.“So good to finally meet you both, Mr. and Mrs. Sterling.”My smile dropped. “Actually, it’s Miss Sterling and Mr. Blackwell.”“Oh my apologies. I assumed…”Damien stepped in smoothly before the awkwardness stretched longer. “Easy mistake. Shall we get started?”I was grateful he redirected.Annoyed he didn’t correct the Mrs. part, but grateful.The presentation went better than I expected. I led, Damien supported. When I slowed, he filled in. When I hit a stride, he stepped back and let me run with it. His timing was perfect, almost instinctive.I told myself we were just professionals but we both knew it was more than that. There was a natural rhythm between us, one we didn’t plan, didn’t talk about, did

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24. What I Almost Said

Damien’s povI stood there in front of her, staring down at her lips before I could stop myself. The red lipstick she put on earlier was almost gone, just a faint outline left after the long day.Every instinct I had told me to close the distance, to just lean in and kiss her deeply like I used to. To see if she would still taste like the woman I once woke up beside.But I didn’t, because I had no right.So I stepped back, cleared my throat, and looked away at the water.Looking at her was too much, it made so many memories come up.“We should head back,” I said, trying to sound normal. Nothing about tonight was normal. “Yeah,” she agreed softly. “We should.”We started walking toward the hotel, our footsteps echoing against the quiet harbor. The silence between us was thick and awkward. My mind wouldn’t shut up, it kept dragging me back to places I didn’t want to go, places I had no right going to anymore.I tried not to think about her that way. She wasn’t mine anymore, she hasn

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25. The Breaking Point

Damien's POVI stood there in the living room, listening to the noises coming from her room, drawers opening and shutting, hangers scraping, bags rustling.Something was wrong. Really wrong.I walked to her door, hesitating for a second with my hand hovering over the handle, then knocked softly.“Elena?”She didn’t answer. But the movement inside got faster, sharper, like she was trying to move quickly.I pushed the door open carefully and my chest tightened immediately.She was packing, not calmly. She shoved clothes into her bag without any order, her hands shaking as she grabbed whatever she could reach. She wasn’t crying, not exactly. She was just having that terrifying quiet panic, the kind where everything stays bottled until it explodes.“Elena,” I said, stepping inside, walking toward her carefully, like one wrong move might break her. “If I said something wrong, just tell me, okay?”Nothing. She didn’t even look at me. She just kept stuffing clothes into her bag like she n

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26. When It All Caves In

Elena’s povI stormed out of the suite, vision blurry with tears. My body was shaking so badly I could barely walk straight.I couldn’t breathe. My chest felt tight, like someone was squeezing my lungs.I stumbled down the hallway toward the elevator and jabbed the button over and over like that would magically make it come faster.“Come on… please, come on.”“Ma’am? Are you okay?” a voice said behind me. A staff member worried, moving closer. “Do you need anything?”I ignored him and kept pressing the button.“Ma’am, please, let us help you.”The elevator finally opened. I rushed inside without answering him and slapped the lobby button with a shaky hand.The doors slid shut and I stumbled back against the wall, trying to calm down. All I could see was that night.It replayed in my head over and over.The cramping at 3 a.m. So sharp I gasped awake, reaching out for Damien on instinct, my hand touching cold sheets.He wasn’t home.He was with her. Victoria.While I was bleeding and t

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27. The Confrontation

Elena's POVThe car ride home from the airport felt endless, every second stretching like it had nowhere else to go.I squinted, staring out the window watching Denver blur past in muted colors. I was exhausted.My body felt heavy. My head felt worse.Damien sat beside me in silence, his presence loud even without saying anything. I could feel him glancing at me every few minutes like he wanted to say something but didn't know how.The tension from Singapore still hung between us thick and suffocating, neither of us knew how to navigate this new terrible knowledge we now shared.The miscarriage. Everything."You didn't have to come with me." I said quietly, not looking at him, still staring out the window."I know," he said, his voice just as soft. "I just wanted to make sure you got home safe."There was something weird in his tone, like he was choosing his words carefully.I swallowed. My throat felt tight.I didn't argue, I was too tired to argue, too tired to do anything except br

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28. Standing Ground

Damien's POVI watched Elena step out of the car and something in my gut twisted tight.She told me to leave but I didn't. I leaned forward and tapped the driver's shoulder."Hold on, don't go yet.""Sir?"“Just wait here," I said, my eyes fixed on Elena as she walked toward her house, her shoulders were tight, and her steps slow like she was tired.Then I saw him, Caleb Harding, leaning against his car like he owned the place.…Like he had any right to be there after everything he put her through.She opened up to me about Caleb last night. I don't even think she realized she was doing it at first, it just spilled out like she'd been holding it in for too long.By morning, we rescheduled everything and took the first flight back home.Elena stopped walking and I couldn't hear what they were saying but I didn't need to. I could see enough.The way her posture changed. The way her shoulders stiffened, the mood shift from exhausted to angry.I saw her voice break even from this distance

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29. The Morning After

Elena's POVI woke up to sunlight streaming through my curtains and for a blissful half second I forgot everything…Then reality came crashing back and I turned my head to see the signed divorce papers sitting on my nightstand.I stared at them for a long time, not moving, just thinking about everything.Caleb showing up at my house, the way Damien stepped in without hesitation….Everything swirled in my head until I couldn't separate one feeling from another. Everything felt heavy but also strangely quiet.My phone buzzed and I picked it up expecting some work emergency.Adrian: I'm coming over, don't argue, see you in 20.I didn't have the energy to argue anyway so I just dragged myself out of bed, threw on sweats and a hoodie, and was brushing my teeth when I heard my front door open."Elena?" Adrian called out."Bathroom," I mumbled through a mouthful of toothpaste.He appeared in the doorway, took one look at me and his face softened immediately."Okay, you look terrible.""Thank

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30. Back to Business

Elena's POV"You have exactly four minutes before the board meeting starts, and you haven't even looked at the agenda."I glanced up from my laptop to find my assistant, Patricia, standing in my doorway, hands on her hips, looking like she wanted to strangle me."I'm working on it," I lied, eyes already back on my screen."You're reading emails from two weeks ago."She wasn't wrong but I didn't need her pointing it out.I'd been staring at my inbox for the past hour trying to catch up on everything I'd missed while I was in Singapore.First day back at work, and I was already behind.The divorce was finalized, papers signed and filed somewhere in the system, and my six-month probation had officially started the moment I walked through those doors this morning.Every single person in this building was watching me now.Waiting for me to mess up.I couldn't give them that satisfaction."I'll be ready in three minutes," I said, not looking up.Patricia sighed but didn't leave, just stood

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