All Chapters of The CEO's Secret Divorce: Chapter 1 - Chapter 10

The divorce papers had been sitting inside Evelyn Vale's handbag for three days.Three days.She had carried them from her apartment to work, from work back home, and even to the quiet café where she sometimes went when she couldn't bear being alone with her thoughts.Yet every time she touched the envelope, her fingers trembled.Tonight, she was going to do it.No more excuses.No more waiting for Adrian to change.No more convincing herself that a marriage could survive without love.Evelyn stood in front of the mirror, smoothing the sleeves of her black dress.She looked calm.At least, that was what the mirror showed.Inside, her heart was beating so hard that she could almost hear it.She reached for the small gold necklace around her neck.It had been a gift from Adrian.Their first anniversary.She had once believed the necklace meant he cared.Now, she wasn't sure what anything meant anymore.Her phone buzzed on the dressing table.Adrian: I'll be home late. Don't wait for me.

Evelyn stared at the woman standing on her doorstep. She was elegant, visibly pregnant, and completely calm despite the late hour. “I was Adrian's fiancée,” the woman repeated. Evelyn's fingers tightened around the door. “Before me?” “Yes.” “And the child?” The woman placed a hand over her stomach. “Adrian's.” Evelyn felt as if the ground had disappeared beneath her. She stepped aside. “Come in.” The woman entered. “My name is Clara.” Evelyn closed the door. “Show me proof.” Clara studied her for a moment before reaching into her handbag. She pulled out a photograph. Evelyn took it. Her breath caught. Adrian was standing beside Clara outside a hospital. He looked younger. And unlike the cold man Evelyn knew, he was smiling. “When was this?” “Three years ago.” Evelyn turned the photograph over. A date was written on the back. It was two weeks before her wedding to Adrian. Her stomach twisted. “You were engaged?” “Yes.” “Then what happened?” Clara's expres

Evelyn could barely breathe.Adrian's arms were wrapped tightly around her as another sharp crack echoed through the darkness.She flinched.“Was that a gunshot?”“Stay down.”His voice was low and firm.He pulled her behind the SUV and crouched beside her.Evelyn's heart hammered against her chest.“What is happening?”Adrian glanced toward the warehouse.“They're looking for you.”“Who?”“I don't know yet.”“You're lying.”His eyes snapped toward hers.“This isn't the time.”“You always say that.”She pushed herself away from him.“You knew about the warehouse.”Adrian's expression tightened.“How?”“Victor told me.”“Victor?”“The man who was inside.”Adrian went completely still.“Where is he?”“I don't know.”“Evelyn, where is Victor?”“He told me my father was murdered because he discovered something about your family.”Adrian's face changed.“What exactly did he tell you?”“That my father's company was being used to move money.”Adrian looked away.Evelyn noticed.“You knew.”“

The drive to Evelyn's father's old house was silent.She sat beside Adrian, staring through the window as familiar roads passed by.She hadn't been back to the house since her father's funeral.Too many memories lived there.Her father's study.His old books.The smell of coffee he always made in the mornings.And the last goodbye she never knew would be their last.“Are you okay?” Adrian asked.Evelyn almost laughed.“No.”He glanced at her.“I don't know if I can do this.”“You don't have to.”“Yes, I do.”She looked at him.“For years, everyone has decided what I should know and what I shouldn't know. I'm done being kept in the dark.”Adrian nodded.“I understand.”She studied him.“Do you?”“Yes.”There was something different about his voice.Less guarded.Evelyn looked away.“Then don't lie to me tonight.”“I won't.”---The old house stood at the end of a quiet road.The gates were covered in rust, and weeds had grown across the driveway.Adrian parked the car.Evelyn stepped o

Evelyn slowly lowered her phone.The caller's final words repeated in her mind.The person standing beside you.She looked at Adrian.He was standing only a few steps away.For the first time, she wondered if she had made a terrible mistake trusting him.Adrian noticed the change in her expression.“What did he say?”Evelyn hesitated.“Nothing.”“Evelyn.”Before she could answer, a loud sound came from downstairs.Someone had entered the house.Adrian immediately moved toward her.“Stay here.”“No.”“Evelyn, please.”“I heard what he said.”Adrian froze.“What?”“The caller said the person who killed my father is standing beside me.”His face went blank.“And you think that's me?”“I don't know what to think anymore.”Adrian took a step toward her.“You know me.”“Do I?”The question hurt him.He looked away.“You have every reason to doubt me.”Evelyn swallowed.“But I need the truth.”“You'll have it.”Another sound came from downstairs.Adrian reached for her hand.“Whatever happen