After the CEO Divorced Me, He Wants Me Back by Riverflow

Chapter 1039

Gavin said nothing and simply hung up the phone, his expression darkening by the second.

Behind him, Jolie's soft, pained whimpers filled the air. She was writhing on the bed, her delicate skin flushed a faint pink.

Gavin clenched his jaw, tugging at his tie. It had already loosened from when she'd pulled on it earlier, and with a rough yank, it came completely undone. Frustration simmered beneath his calm exterior.

Where was Selena? She was supposed to be finding help, but she still hadn't returned.

His frown deepened as he reached for the door, ready to leave.

"Please... help me..."

Her desperate voice, laced with a hint of a sob, echoed from behind him. The softness of it hit him like a lit match to his chest, sparking a heat he wasn't used to feeling.

"Please... I'll pay you... I won't take it for free..." Jolie's voice broke as tears streamed down her face. She was sobbing now, her words dripping with helplessness and shame, as if offering him money would somehow make her request more bearable. Gavin stood frozen for a moment, then unexpectedly, a small smile tugged at the corner of his lips. Was she seriously offering to pay him?

What did she think he was?

he turned back and approached

restlessly, her pale dress disheveled and tugged out of place, exposing a wide expanse of her flushed skin. She was still trying to tear at her clothes, sweat glistening on

face-so similar to Selena's-made the

lost in the effects of the drug. Her reason had all but crumbled when

was rough, almost consuming, as though the person on

didn't have time to protest, her body screaming for more, for something to finally

the haze of

causing her body to tense and

falling rapidly.

en

her ear. But instead of calming her, her breathing grew more ragged, a soft whimper escaping her as everything spiraled into

...

found Gernard and quickly explained the situation. Gernard, taking it

the spot where they had left Jolie, the area was empty. Where

it impossible to know where to start searching. She knew if they

she decided to call Gavin. The first couple of calls went unanswered, but on her third attempt, the phone