All Chapters of Mr. CEO, You Lost Me Too Late: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Chapter Two – The Gathering That Broke MeAria’s POVWhen I arrived at Teniu Hotel, my palms were already full of sweat. But there’s one hope I held onto, that today, something would change, not even when my mother in law's voice was so calm and cool on the phone.So I tried to show up smiling, if I should try to impress them, maybe Alex's family would finally see that I did like him from my heart and I did mean well for him.The moment I stepped inside the hotel, I noticed they had personally decorated it and I felt it’s so special Liz The crystal light was hung from the ceiling, they played soft piano music in the background, everything felt too perfect.After seeing Mama and her daughter from where I was standing, I wanted to go back to change because then look too perfect, and my gown, too simple, I wanted to go back, but I reminded myself, the gown isn’t what was important, I am the one. I was moving, going towards them but I stopped after I noticed there were five chairs.A s

Chapter Four _ Back To ThemAria’s POVI returned back to the table, I forced myself to act normal, to act as if nothing had happened between me and Alex.I sat quietly among them like nothing had happened earlier, like the words Alex had said at the back of the hotel meant nothing.But I was falling apart, I was falling and I wanted someone to notice that, I wanted someone to care. I looked at Alex, he was sitting beside the other lady, his gaze on her and he smiled. A real smile and the smile doesn't look forced, it was natural.This smile, I hadn't seen in a long time..I used to wait for that smile, I could do anything to see that, I understand, it's not that hard for him, just that, the smile wasn't for me.Then Clara suddenly laughed loudly.“Oh! Wow” she said, “ I think you want to cry watching these two love birds”I started sweating all over my body.I quickly raised my head, forcing myself to smile but it was hard.“I… I am fine, Clara”Clara laughed out louder and this made

Chapter Six – Starting AgainAria’s POVBy the time I arrived at Nina’s apartment, it was already dark outside.I stood quietly in front of her door for a few seconds, trying to calm myself down, but the moment she opened it and saw my face, her expression changed immediately.“Aria…”Her voice became softer as she stepped aside for me to enter.The moment I walked inside, the warmth of the apartment almost made me cry again. Everything that happened tonight came rushing back all at once, and suddenly I felt too tired to keep pretending I was okay.Nina closed the door and looked at me carefully.“I knew something like this would happen one day,” she said quietly.I lowered my eyes because I knew exactly what she meant.For months, Nina had been telling me to leave Alex. She kept saying I was losing myself in that marriage, but every single time, I defended him. I always believed things would get better somehow.Now I could not even defend him anymore.Nina slowly sat beside me on the

CHAPTER EIGHTShe KnowsAria's POVI read the message three times.Then I read it a fourth time, just to be sure my eyes weren't doing something cruel to me.I know you are pregnant.Four words. No greeting. No punctuation at the end. Just four words sitting there on my screen like a stone dropped into still water.Nina noticed I had stopped walking. She turned around and looked at my face and whatever she saw there made her come back to me immediately."What happened?"I couldn't speak. I just turned the phone toward her.She read it. I watched her expression change. The easy warmth she'd had all afternoon, gone. Just like that."How does she know?" Nina asked quietly.That was the same question turning over and over inside me. I had only found out yesterday. I hadn't told anyone except Nina. The doctor, Nina, and me. That was it.Unless.My stomach dropped.The doctor had called Alex.I remembered now. He had mentioned it, that he would follow up with the family. I had been too over

CHAPTER TENThe Other Woman SpeaksAria's POVI stared at that message for so long Nina came and sat beside me without me even noticing she had moved.She read it over my shoulder. I felt her go still."Is that…" she started."Yes," I said.We sat there together in silence for a moment. Outside a car horn went off somewhere down the street and neither of us moved.Vivienne.I had seen her picture on Alex's phone so many times I could have described her from memory. The kind of woman who looked effortless in every photo. Perfect posture even in casual settings. The type of beautiful that doesn't announce itself, it just sits there quietly and lets you notice.And she had walked into that hotel with my husband's hand in hers.Now she was texting me."Don't reply," Nina said immediately."I know.""I mean it, Aria. Whatever she wants, whatever she says she knows, it could be a trap. She could be working with his mother.""I know," I said again.But even as I said it, one part of the mess