All Chapters of Mr. CEO, I Came Back With Your Baby: Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

EVELYN There was something about him that felt strangely familiar.I couldn't explain it.I simply knew that there was something about the way he stood, the way he spoke, even the way his hand rested against my back that made a tiny alarm go off somewhere inside me.Before I could question it, the music changed.A slow waltz filled the ballroom, and couples began making their way onto the dance floor.The stranger extended his hand toward me, his voice a small whisper that left goosebumps on my skin. “Dance with me.”I stared at his hand before looking back at him. “I don't dance with strangers.”“Tonight, everyone is a stranger.”“Then I don't want to dance.” I responded, wondering why I was so sulky towards this man when I'm always good to strangers. His lips curved slightly beneath the mask. “You have nothing to be afraid of. You look like a great dancer.”I scoffed. “How can you tell just by looking?” He smiled, and my heart strings pulled against each other. He didn't respond

ASHVIN The moment my lips touched hers, every thought in my head disappeared.Six years.Six fucking years of anger, resentment, unanswered questions and memories I tried to bury.And somehow, one kiss was enough to bring all of it rushing back.Evelyn froze against me for half a heartbeat before her hands gripped my jacket, and that tiny response nearly destroyed the last piece of restraint I had left.I kissed her harder.Not gently.Not carefully.There was too much between us for anything gentle.Her fingers curled into the fabric at my shoulders as I pulled her closer, my hand settling against her waist. The warmth of her body beneath my palm sent a rush through me that made it difficult to remember why I was supposed to hate her.She tasted exactly the way I remembered.Familiar.Dangerous.Addictive.When she finally pulled away, her breathing was unsteady.“Ashvin…”Hearing my name in that breath nearly broke me.I rested my forehead against hers, trying to regain control.“Yo

ASHVIN I didn't know why the hell I was here. Fine, I knew, but I couldn’t understand why I was so attached to little Luna. She wasn't mine, and yet here I was, pacing outside her room wondering if I should go in or not. Dr. Wilson told me she started the trial last week and has been showing great progress. Every morning, I'd come, pace like an idiot, end up visiting Nana, and go back to the office. I had just decided to leave when I heard a tiny voice behind me.“Uncle?”I stopped immediately frozen in place like a statue. I turned around and looked through the glass door, and there she was, sitting upright in her bed with her back against the pillows. Her dark hair was slightly messy, and she had her little stuffed rabbit tucked beneath one arm while her other hand rested on the blanket.She was staring directly at me. Dark, beautiful eyes that reminded me so much of myself. I opened the door and walked inside.“You saw me?”Luna nodded.“I can see you since the top half is mad

ASHVIN “Your fiancée was getting choked, and you're smiling, Boss?”I glanced at Ryan slowly.“Do you want to keep your job?”He immediately straightened, clearing his throat.“Yes.”“Then stop talking.”“But you were smiling.”“I wasn't smiling.”Ryan stared at me for a moment, clearly trying to decide whether arguing with me was worth unemployment.I narrowed my eyes.“I have weak facial muscles.”His lips twitched.“Of course, Boss.”I gave him a warning look and turned my attention back to the corridor, but my mind was nowhere near Amanda.It was on Evelyn.I still couldn't explain what had happened inside me when I saw her standing there with that fire in her eyes.For a moment, I had forgotten everything.The six years.The five million dollars.The company she had built behind my back.The countless times I had convinced myself that she was nothing but a selfish woman who had chosen money over me.The fact that she was married to another man and had a daughter with him.None of

AMANDAI paced my living room back and forth like a caged animal, my heels clicking against the marble floor with every turn. I was losing Ashvin, and the thought made something ugly twist inside my chest. I would kill to have him by my side again. There was no way I would allow another woman to take him from me, especially not that bitch Evelyn.When I came back six years ago, I already knew Ashvin loved her. I wasn't stupid. I could see it in the way he reacted whenever her name was mentioned, in the silence that followed whenever someone asked about her, and in the way he buried himself in work after she disappeared.But I also knew something else.Ashvin loved power.Ambition.The Blackwood name.The position of chairman.And that was exactly what I had been counting on.I didn't know why he was suddenly willing to go to such lengths to be the Blackwood Group Chairman but I knew one thing. Whatever the reason, I intended to be standing beside him when he finally got it.Yes, I had