His Ex-wife Returned... Powerful!의 모든 챕터: 챕터 81 - 챕터 90

Three days passed since I walked out of Drex's house. I had only messaged him once to ask how he was feeling, and his reply was that he was better.When he asked why I'd left, I didn't answer.Because I figured there was no reason to.The kiss had replayed in my head more times than I'd want, so I decided to distract myself with work.“Do you not see the flaw in this design?” I kept my tone professional as I reviewed a design submitted by one of the high ranking workers.It was clear he was holding his breath as he stared at it again. “Uh, th-the flaw is from the handle?”I leaned forward. “Are you asking me that, Mr Carl?” The color left his skin. “N-No, ma'am. I'll fix it. I'll fix the flaw.”“Good,” I nodded, “and report back tomorrow, by noon.”“Yes, ma'am!”I waved a dismissal hand, so he hurried out of my office.Irea walked in almost immediately after, her tab in hand.“It's past Imogen's closing time, ma'am, do you want me to go pick her up?” She asked.“No, Rachel said she'

As Drex laid beside me, my mind went back to that sex with Leo.It had felt nothing like how this did. I didn't enjoy it as much.Rejecting him was clearly the better option. I'd have lived with regrets if I agreed to marry a man I may never love.“What's on your mind?” Drex asked after we'd caught our breath.“You were oddly energetic for a man who was shot only four days back.” My head tilted sideways at the same time his did, so our eyes met.He shrugged. “I still feel a lot of pain, but the thrill of the moment kind of distracted my brain from it.“I mean, who wouldn't be lost when you take off your clothes.”I rolled my eyes but smiled either way, crawling off the bed to my closet so I threw on one of my shirts.Where did we stand from here? I wondered that.We'd just had sex, so I couldn't hide the fact I was totally attracted to him. Yet a feeling rested in my stomach, but I couldn't quite place what it was.It felt like I was missing something important.Somehow, that left me

– Lisa Red –Friday arrived, which meant a board meeting.Every part of me didn't want to go.I didn't want to see Drex.Not after the message I sent him the day after we'd had sex.I'd told him it was just the mood of the moment, and it meant nothing. He shouldn't think into it.Drex hadn't replied, but I knew he'd seen it.We didn't talk since.So meeting that day would clearly be awkward.Still, I knew one thing was certain, I wasn't going to forget what this guy did.If Leo hadn't come to my rescue that day, not only may I have died, but Imogen could also not exist.How could I be with someone like that?Someone that almost made two lives to be lost all because of what?I had no idea, and wasn't interested in knowing. No excuse can explain what he did that night.“You're having a board meeting today, huh?” Rachel asked from where she sat crosslegged on my bed, reading a novel.“For the DRX, yeah.” I slipped on the black palazzo pants that matched with my white off shoulder shirt.

“Leo!” I ran a hand through my hair, teeth cleched as my pulse raced. I'd spent the past five years hating Drex, hating myself for falling for him, keeping Imogen from her father… all because I was certain he was dangerous. That he had done something so evil. And now Leo was telling me he had lied? He had fucking lied?! I glared at him. “Why did you? You had zero reason to lie, Leo. None!” He released a shaky breath, the color creeped up his neck. “Lisa…” “No, don't give me that guilty look. I want answers. I want to know why you'd lie to me when you and I knew nothing about each other at that time.” He heaved a huge sigh, then rubbed the back of his neck, eyes squeezed shut for a second. “I did it for you, okay? To save you. Protect you.” “Protect?” I frowned in a medley of disbelief and confusion. “What the hell did I need protection from?” “Yourself.” He met my gaze again. “The first time we met, it was in in Drex's company. I saw you leaving his office crying that day...

When I told Drex to be early, I didn't expect to find him standing by my door at seven the next morning.He literally arrived at seven a.m!!“Oh, it's you.” I said, trying to keep the surprise from my tone.Drex just shrugged. “You asked me to be early.”Yeah, but I didn't expect this early.Thankfully, I didn't look as terrible as I did the first time he was around.This time, I was wearing a green top with comfy black trousers, and had my hair packed up in a (somewhat) neat ponytail.He had on a gray sweater with black trousers. Something casual.I was so used to seeing him in suits that this new look managed to make my insides squeeze.Surprisingly in a good way though.“Are you going to make me stand here all day?” It was only when he asked that I realized I'd spent the past five seconds just staring at him.“Oh.” I cleared my throat, hoping to hold back the blush that was starting to crawl up my cheeks as I made way. “Come in.”“Thanks.” He brushed past me so I caught a whiff of