All Chapters of Too Late to Beg: My Ex-Wife is a Secret Billionaire: Chapter 1 - Chapter 5

We were making love, or so I thought, until Sebastien moaned his ex’s name in my ear as he sank into the bed I’d made myself that morning.Katerina.Just like that, with a K. With that elegant name that had always suffocated me from the shadows.I stayed beneath him for a moment longer. Not out of dignity. It’s just that I didn’t know how to move. My head had suddenly gone blank, like when you turn off an old TV and the image turns into a white dot that takes a while to fade away.Sebastien rolled onto his side. His breathing slowed almost immediately, that rhythm I knew from so many sleepless nights. He always fell asleep like that, as if nothing had happened.The mattress was swallowing me up. Literally. It has a dip in the middle that I hate and that I never mentioned to him because he was the one who chose the mattress. Or maybe she chose it. Katerina. I don’t even know anymore.I got up clumsily, stepping on the hem of my own nightgown that was on the floor. I tripped over it and

Five years is a long time for someone who’s waiting, but it’s just a blink of an eye for someone who’s busy building an empire on the ashes of their own heart.“Mrs. Moreau, Dominic Rossi is waiting for you in the conference room.”“Tell him to wait two minutes. I’m finishing up a call.”My assistant nodded and closed the door silently. Before, I wouldn’t even have had an assistant. Before, I was the one closing doors so others could talk.I hung up the phone and rose from the armchair. The dress was navy blue, impeccably tailored, bought with my own black card. My heels clicked against the marble in the hallway like small gunshots. I no longer wore stained suede shoes. I no longer wore anything I hadn’t chosen myself.I walked past the mirror in the foyer and looked at myself without fear. My hair was pulled back into a low bun. The pearl necklace I’d given myself the day I signed the acquisition of Steel & Diamond. The dark circles under my eyes had vanished, or perhaps I’d simply l

There are moments in life when the past and the present collide with such force that the only possible outcome is total destruction; Sebastien was about to discover that he was the only one left standing.The private suite was on the twentieth floor of the hotel. The velvet curtains muffled the noise of the gala, but not the sound of Sebastien’s ragged breathing. He had followed me there, escorted by two security guards, with Dominic bringing up the rear like a patient wolf.“This is ridiculous!” Sebastien exploded as soon as the door closed. “You can’t kick me out of my own life like I’m a fired employee!”“I can, and I’m doing it,” I replied, pouring myself a glass of water from the minibar. “Want a small bottle of something? They have whiskey. Cheap stuff, though.”“Don’t mess with me.”“I’m not taking the mickey out of you. I already took everything from you.”Sebastien loosened his tie with such a sharp tug that he ripped a button off his shirt. It rolled across the carpet and ca