Lahat ng Kabanata ng Mr. Sterling, Your Ex-wife is a Famous CEO : Kabanata 1 - Kabanata 10

Adrian pulled Serena into his arms inspecting her face like a trophy. “I know you hate me, Arabella. But I care about Axel and I can't let you hurt him like that.” Serena's voice was sugary sweet with small choked sobs, almost convincing even for Arabella. Adrian shot stunned Arabella a disdainful look before quickly sweeping his gaze back to his precious treasure, “What happened, Serena?” Serena wiped out the lone tear that found its way into her teary eyes, explaining, “Arabella wants to come to the annual party tonight. I was worried she might cause a scene and put Axel in a tough spot…” Arabella let out a loud, humourless chuckle, intentionally cutting her short. She’d seen Serena scheme against her for so many years but this one? It was just too childish…yet so believable. Adrian and Serena exchanged a look, the fake fear her eyes held earlier now completely gone. Adrian's jaw tightened with anger as he gripped Arabella's hand firmly, his eyes spitting fire, “Arabella, sto

“This is where it ends!” The words echoed in her head as Arabella opened her eyes.She was in Axel's room, curled on the floor beside his bed, sunlight streaming harsh and bright through the window. She barely remembered getting home last night—just stumbling through the empty house, collapsing in the one place that still smelled like him.Sunlight.Her eyes flew to the clock: 9:47 a.m.She shot to her feet. She never slept past six. Never. Not in five years of living in this house.Where was Ms. Shaw? The elderly housekeeper woke her every morning at 5:30 sharp with a list of chores.Unless she'd been told not to.The bed was empty.Her heart lurched. She pushed to her feet, checking his bathroom, his closet. Nothing.“He should be at school…”Then her eyes landed on his school uniform, still hanging pristine on the back of his door.She grabbed her phone and called his homeroom teacher."Oh, you didn't know?" The woman's tone shifted to sympathy. "Mr. Sterling called to inform us

Arabella felt her whole body go numb for a moment. Maybe she’d read it wrong. Maybe. She closed the note…then opened it again. But the words didn't change. Adrian really wrote those words. She knew his handwriting well so there was no mistaking it.Arabella tilted her head back, forcing herself to hold back the tears. Maybe this was just another drunken mistake. After all, he had a lot to drink that night at the party. But when she continued to open one page after another, her heart sank deeper into the bottom of her belly. Adrian had kept a record of every flirty word he said to her…and then laughed it off as a joke. Everytime he held her hand and felt butterflies in his stomach. Every time his gaze lingered on her a little too long. And every time he bought her gifts because they reminded him of how beautiful she was. More tears pumped out of Arabella's eyes, as she realized it wasn't all just in her head. The words that made her heart flutter, the touch that gave her but

Adrian woke up with a splitting headache as he rubbed his palm through his face before slowly opening his eyes. He lay awake on the bed in the private bedroom within his office. Bottles of booze lay on the floor by the bed as he had spent the past two days since Arabella left getting drunk and just being utterly miserable. "Mr. Sterling." Gavin's voice came through the door. "The fraud case meeting is early tomorrow. You still haven't touched the files."Adrian groaned, sitting up. "I'll handle it overnight.”He stretched his aching muscles, even though he’d barely done any strenuous work to get him so tired. It felt like his mind was in a fog as he couldn't tell what was weighing him down. Maybe he missed her? He scoffed at the idea, dismissing it as fast as it came. But when his phone buzzed and he picked it up, he realized the last thing he was staring at before he dozed off was an old picture of Arabella. “Fuck!” He groaned. As much as he hated it, he found himself starin

Adrian’s fist came down again, a dull, sickening sound filling the room.The guard collapsed against the tiled wall, sliding to the floor, blood already soaking into his uniform. His face was swollen, one eye nearly shut, breath coming out in broken wheezes. Adrian didn’t stop. He barely even looked at the damage.“Where did you take her?” Adrian asked quietly.This was the guard Adrian had ordered to keep a watch on Arabella until she left the city. The same guard that had come back to tell him he watched Arabella get into her flight. Yet the airline had no record of Arabella ever buying a ticket from them. Adrian hadn't been suspicious. He had thought Arabella changed her name and for a month he’d sent several guards and hired secret agencies to search all over the United States in search of her…until Gavin found out Serena had paid the same guard a huge amount of money the day Arabella left. “Tell me!” He roared, his voice trembling with fury. His knuckles were split open, blo