All Chapters of My Ex-husband Knelt Too Late : Chapter 21 - Chapter 30

Olivia's Pov I couldn’t sleep a single wink for the rest of the night.I lay wide awake in the dark, staring blankly at the glowing screen of my phone as Evelyn’s text message burned into my retinas.How did they find me? How did they know?My mind spun in terrified, chaotic circles. Did Ethan tell them? Was he in on this with them? But almost immediately, I recalled what Ethan had told me in his office—that he had severed all ties with the Blackwoods years ago, pulling his investments entirely out of their firm.If Ethan wasn't working with them, then how had they tracked me down to Madrid? Worse, if they were digging into my life, it was only a matter of time before they discovered I had a son. My stomach turned sickeningly. What if they assumed Vincent belonged to Kelvin? What if they tried to use my child against me?Unable to bear the suffocating anxiety alone, I grabbed my phone and dialed Maya’s number."Olivia?" Maya’s groggy voice answered after three long rings. "Is everyth

Maya cleared her throat, breaking the heavy, suffocating silence in the room. She stepped forward nervously, adjusting her cuffs. "Ethan... it's my fault. I'm the one who sent the files over to Maison de Valois. Olivia didn't—""Maya, it's okay," I interrupted, my voice quiet but firm as I kept my eyes fixed on Ethan’s rigid stance. "It's fine. I can handle this."Maya opened her mouth to protest, but seeing the sharp line of my shoulders, she softly swallowed her words. "Okay... but I am so, so sorry, Olivia."She cast one last guilty glance at both of us before silently slipping out of the office, closing the grand double doors behind her.Left alone in the cavernous space, the tension between Ethan and me felt almost unbearable. I swallowed the painful lump in my throat, forcing myself to meet his dark, disappointed gaze."I couldn't help it, Ethan," I said raspy, holding my hands together to stop them from shaking. "Given our history... everything that happened between us seven ye

Ethan's Pov The loud beep of my phone woke me from a dead sleep.I groaned, blindly reaching across the nightstand to grab the device. Squinting against the sudden glare of the screen, I saw Olivia’s name flashing on the caller ID. I swiped the screen and brought the phone to my ear, my voice raspy and thick with exhaustion."Olivia?"What followed was a desperate, breathless barrage of words. She was begging me to fulfill our private arrangement, telling me her son was crying for me, asking me to come over immediately to fix the promise she had made him.My groggy brain barely processed it at first. "Olivia, do you have any idea what time it is? It's nearly two in the morning! And it's pouring rain outside. I am not driving across town in the middle of the night."She mumbled something about understanding, her voice cracking before the line suddenly cut dead.I threw the phone onto the mattress, lying back down in the dark master bedroom. I stared up at the ceiling, the quiet hum of

Olivia's Pov I took a quick step back, my heart pounding against my ribs like a trapped bird. I swallowed hard, trying to force down the nervous lump in my throat as I looked between him and the queen-sized mattress."Okay... okay," I stammered, holding up my hands in surrender. "Fine. We can both share the bed."Without giving him a chance to respond, I scrambled onto the far side of the mattress. I positioned myself right at the very edge, rigid as a board, lying flat on my back while clutching the comforter up to my chin.Ethan slowly walked around to his side, pulling back the sheet and sitting down on the opposite edge. A low, quiet chuckle escaped his chest.I whipped my head toward him, narrowing my eyes. "What?""You're going to fall off," he said coolly, glancing over his shoulder at the three feet of empty mattress between us."I am *not* going to fall off," I snapped, digging my elbow into the pillow to steady myself."You really are going to fall off, Olivia," Ethan insis

Olivia's Pov My vision blurred as fresh, hot tears spilled down my cheeks. Even with Ethan sitting right beside me, the sheer weight of reality hit me like a physical blow."How could I be so naive?" I choked out, wrapping my arms around myself as my chest heaved. "After everything... how did I let them do this to me again? What did I even do wrong, Ethan?"Ethan wrapped a arm around my shoulders, drawing me close against his side. "You didn't do anything wrong, Olivia. This isn't on you. My legal and corporate intelligence teams are already handling it. I've already messaged our chief counsel—we're filing an emergency petition to expedite a court hearing. We're going to take this directly to a judge."I wiped my face with the back of my hand, shaking my head bitterly. "Ethan, it's not going to be that easy. They didn't just file a random complaint—they built a airtight wall of forged documentation. Going to court takes months, and *Aurelia Jewels* doesn't have months!""They aren't b