All Chapters of My ex became my billionaire boss : Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

Olivia's POV5:07 p.m…Three minutes late.I let out a quiet breath, pressing my lips together. "I'm late again."Guilt settled in my chest. This was Lily's first week at her new school. I'd promised myself she would never feel alone. Yet here I was...standing outside her school after the bell had already rung.The image of another pair of gray eyes flashed through my mind. "You're two minutes late, Miss Carter." My grip tightened around my phone.No…don't think about him, not here. I squeezed my eyes shut for a brief second, willing the memory away but it didn't listen.How could Adrian Kingston be my boss? Out of all the companies in New York…Out of all the people in the world…How had fate brought me back to him?"Mommy!" A bright little voice behind me, shattered every thought in my head.I looked up just in time to see a tiny figure in a navy-blue uniform sprinting through the school gates, her curls bouncing with every step. "Mommy!"Before I could even open my arms, she crashed i

Adrian's POVThe office door clicked shut behind Olivia.My gaze remained fixed on the closed door, my fingers resting lightly against the edge of my desk.I let out a slow breath before pressing the intercom. "Ethan."The response came almost instantly. "Yes, Mr. Kingston?""Come to my office."Less than a minute later, he knocked at the door. "You asked to see me, sir?"I straightened in the seat. "I need you to look into Olivia Carter."He simply out the small notebook he always carried. "What would you like to know?""Everything."His pen hovered over the page. "Anything specific?"My jaw tightened almost imperceptibly.Then I said quietly, "Start with the child. I want a complete report on my desk as soon as possible."He gave a single nod. "I'll get started immediately." Without another word, he turned and left the office.The door closed behind him. I walked back toward the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Manhattan.Somewhere beneath all of it...Olivia had built a life that

Olivia's POV"...There she is.""That's Mr. Kingston's assistant….The one from last night.""I still can't believe he gave her the necklace. Do you know how much that thing cost?""I heard it sold for over six million.""Six million? For his assistant?"I slowed down for a second. I already knew this was going to happen, there was no escaping this.The moment I stepped into the lobby, every head turned. People who had never looked twice at me before suddenly knew exactly who I was.Heat crept up the back of my neck, I tightened my grip around my handbag and kept walking.The sound of my heels echoed across the marble floor, making me more nervous.Yesterday, I was invisible. Today… I had somehow become the most talked-about person in Kingston Holdings and I hated every second of it. I stepped into the elevator, grateful when the doors slid shut between me and the curious eyes outside. Only then did I let out the breath I'd been holding.The velvet jewelry box sat inside my bag. I hadn

Adrian's POVWe followed Olivia for nearly twenty minutes before the taxi finally turned through the gates of Maplewood General Hospital.I slowed the SUV and let the taxi disappear beneath the covered entrance.Olivia climbed out first, then opened the rear door, carefully lifting Lily into her arms, and hurried inside without looking around.I watched until the glass doors swallowed them."Five minutes," I said.Ethan glanced at me. "You want to go in now?""No….if she sees us, she'll leave."He nodded and pulled into a parking space farther down the lot.Five minutes felt longer than it should have. I kept looking toward the entrance, trying to make sense of what I had seen at the school. Lily's face had been burned into my mind, especially those eyes. I had spent years convincing myself that Olivia had simply chosen another life without me. Now there was a child who looked like she had been pulled straight out of my childhood photographs.When the five minutes were up, Ethan and I

Olivia's POV"What are you doing with my daughter?"I crossed the distance between us and rested a hand on Lily's shoulder, pulling her a little closer to me.Adrian stood from the bench, his attention moving from Lily to me. He didn't look surprised to see me. If anything, he looked like he'd been expecting this. "Olivia.""That's not an answer."Lily looked between us, her drawing still clutched in one hand, confusion pulling her small brows together. "Mommy, we were just talking."“I know, sweetheart.” I softened my voice for her, then looked back at Adrian. "Go get your bag from Miss Reyes, sweetheart." I kept my eyes on Adrian. "I'll be right there."Lily hesitated, glancing at Adrian like she was checking whether it was okay to leave him, that really bothered me. He gave her a small nod. Only then did she walk off, throwing one last curious look over her shoulder.The second she was out of earshot, I lowered my voice. "You can't just show up at her school." "I wanted to meet he