All Chapters of TOO LATE TO WANT ME: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

52 Chapters

011| The Gala

~TYLA~I stared at my reflection, looking at a totally different person right in front of me.Vivian stepped back. Her face glowed with pride as she gently adjusted the shoulder of my dress."See? I told you," Vivian squealed, clasping her hands together.“You look so stunning, Tyla. You finally look like your old self again, but even more beautiful.”I touched my neck slightly.The dress was an armless and sleeveless midnight-blue silk gown that draped flawlessly down to my feet.From the front, it looked completely harmless. But the back was killing.The dress was entirely backless, but not just that, instead, a network of sapphire beadwork fell across the open skin, replacing the fabric all the way down to my waist.To finish it off, a long side split ran up the skirt, showing only when I moved.For five years, Matt had forced me to dress in boring, traditional clothes so I wouldn't draw attention and cheat on him so dressing like this all of a sudden was a total shift from my com

012| A New Woman

~OLIVIA~Matt had invited me to the gala as his partner. I was so shocked when he first brought it up.For years, he had never taken his actual wife out to a single public event because he didn’t want to be seen with her. Yet, he was doing this for me so easily, without me even having to ask. The feeling was something I couldn’t even describe.But then again, I deserved this. Matt had doted on me for years, loving me long before she ever came around.It was Tyla who had trapped him and selfishly taken him away from me in the first place. This wasn't a favour, it was just everything finally returning to its rightful owner.Walking into the ballroom with my arm looped through Matt’s, everyone focused their attention on us.Is that Matt Wilson? He actually brought a female companion tonight?”“They look so well-matched. She must be the one everyone has been whispering about.”I smiled as I tightened my grip on his sleeve. For five long years, Matt had attended these high-society banquets

013| Hitting the Wrong Person I

~TYLA~“The layout of your latest server design is impressive, Mr. Harrison,” I said, swirling the champagne in my glass. “But if you don’t increase the data capacity at the core level, the system could struggle under heavy enterprise traffic.”The middle-aged investor stared at me, his eyes widened in shock and admiration. We had been speaking business in the corner of the ballroom for ten minutes.At first, he had probably assumed I was just a beautiful piece of arm candy accompanying Vincent.“You… you understand the back-end architecture?” Mr. Harrison stammered, completely stunned. “I’m sorry, Ms. Tyla, I didn't realise you were actually part of the tech company.”“She didn't just join us, Harrison,” Vincent’s deep voice boomed as he stepped up beside me. He had a proud smile on his face. “Tyla is the original architect of our entire operating framework.”Mr. Harrison’s jaw nearly dropped.When I spoke so brilliantly about the future of our technical solutions, he was so deeply i

014| Hitting The Wrong Person II

~Tyla~I froze, my gaze lifting slowly until it met his face.There was something about him. He had an overwhelming presence that filled the space before he even said a word.It was as though attention didn’t just shift toward him but it surrendered to him on its own, like it had no other choice.I couldn’t tell what exactly made him so intimidating. Maybe it was his height. He had to be at least 6'4, if not taller, and standing beside him made me feel ridiculously small. I felt like a doll placed next to a giant.And he was devastatingly handsome, the kind of face that looked deliberately carved as though someone had spent time perfecting every angle.But right then, his eyes weren’t admiring anything. They were burning with irritation and somehow, all of it was directed at me.“Oh—I’m so sorry,” I gasped. “I didn’t see you there.”I instinctively reached into my small evening bag, pulled out a tissue, and began wiping the dark liquid off his chest while continuously apologising.Bu

015| To Hate Cassian Virell

~Tyla~Vincent, who was completely oblivious to the anger crackling between the two of us, stepped forward with a smile as he gestured towards him.“Tyla, let me introduce you. This is Cassian Virell, he controls the entire international shipping and logistics grid.”I almost rolled my eyes at the introduction while staring at him.I had been deeply insulted earlier and this same man was the one who judged me without knowing a single thing about me. He had labeled me as just another pathetic social climber trying a cheap trick to catch his eye.And looking at his face now, it was clear he didn't care either.He scanned my face instead. His eyes dropped to the small evening bag still in my hand for a second as if he expected me to pull out another shredded tissue and ruin another expensive shirt again."Mr. Virell," Vincent said. “Tyla is the mind behind our core system architecture. The framework she built five years ago is the reason our data processing speeds outperform the current

016| A ghost in my Home

~MATT~I finally got home.I turned off the engine, and the dashboard lights faded.I loosened my tie with a rough tug as I stepped out of the car, my head was starting to ache.I hadn't said a single word since we left the hotel ballroom. Olivia had clearly noticed my silence, but she didn't stop talking."Matt, you really should have seen the way everyone looked at my jewelry tonight," Olivia said happily as she walked into the house ahead of me.I walked past her toward the small bar in the corner of the living room. I didn't bother turning on the overhead lights.I poured some scotch into a glass as I allowed the ice to clink loudly. Although it was brief, I needed the noise aside from Olivia’s to clear off the blankness in my head."That's nice, Olivia," I murmured later after sensing that Olivia abruptly stopped talking, waiting for my response.I swallowed a large gulp of the liquid, wanting the burning sensation to clear the annoying irritation in my chest. But it didn't work

017| Welcome Back

~TYLA~Vincent was already waiting for me near the elevators, holding two cups of coffee.The moment his eyes landed on me, he smiled and approached me."Look at you," he said, carefully handing me a cup. "You look like the boss you were always meant to be."I took a sip. I was a bit nervous but the coffee melted my nervousness into excitement. I had waited this long and I wasn’t going to panic when I was this close. "I'm ready, Vincent. Let's do this."We took the private elevator straight to the top floor.However, my heart started to beat fast as the doors opened to the executive boardroom.Through the glass walls, I could see dozens of people already seated around the long mahogany table.These were the department heads, senior staff members, major investors, and key shareholders.And they were the backbone of the company I had helped build, yet most of them had never seen my face. To them, I was just a ghost or story from the past.The noise inside the room died down instantly th

018| The Call

~TYLA~It was time to focus. I pulled my chair closer, resting my chin in my hand as I scrolled through the old Project Genesis databases.I had been terrified that five years away would make me rusty but to my surprise, the moment my fingers touched the keyboard, the old muscle memory kicked right back in.I found myself genuinely enjoying the work. I had almost forgotten how satisfying it felt to solve a difficult syntax error or optimise a lagging database query.In this world, everything followed logical rules. If you put in the right input, you get the right output. It was completely unlike my marriage, where no matter how hard I tried, the output was always pain.Suddenly, there was a loud buzzing noise from my phone but I didn't look up immediately as my fingers finished the line of code I was writing.When I finally reached out and flipped the phone over, my entire body froze.The name flashing brightly across the screen made my breath hitch in my throat.Matt Wilson.I stared

019| Something is Slipping Away

~OLIVIA~Matt was standing outside in the evening air.He seemed a million miles away and that has been that way ever since the gala.I picked up a cup of warm tea and walked out to the terrace. Matt didn't even turn around when I approached."Matt, darling," I said sweetly, placing the cup on the stone railing. "You have been out here for a long time. Your tea is going to get cold."He blinked, looking down at the cup as if waking from a trance. "Thanks, Olivia. I just have a lot on my mind.""Is it still the company merger? I thought we’ve talked about this," I asked, wrapping my arm through his and leaning my head against his shoulder. "My father said the Wilson Group just needs to restructure its international logistics data to secure the new investors. I can ask him to help you.""Everything is fine," he said flatly. He pulled his arm away to pick up the tea, breaking my hold and stepping back. "I told you, it's just work. Stop overanalysing everything.""I'm sorry," I whispered.

020| Another Meeting

~TYLA~.I sat back in my leather chair. I stared blankly at the double monitors, but my mind wasn’t on the lines of code today.I took a sip from my coffee as I tried to focus.I was still thinking about the relentless buzzing of my phone from the day before.Matt had tried to reach me multiple times, and even though I hadn't answered, the desperation in those back-to-back calls lingered in the back of my mind no matter how I tried to ignore it.It felt strange knowing that the man who ignored me for five years was now desperately trying to get me to pick up.There was a knock at the door that caught my attention.Vincent walked in without waiting for an answer. He had a folder tucked tightly under his arm.However, he had a huge smile on his face that caught my attention immediately as he stepped into the room."Good morning, partner," he said, pulling up a chair and sitting down across from my desk.He dropped the heavy folder on my desk as he spoke. "You might want to put your coff

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