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?

of emotions swirling inside him, he

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

face-so similar to Selena's-made the situation

was desperate, lost in the effects of the drug. Her reason had all but crumbled when suddenly, her lips were claimed in a

was rough, almost consuming, as though the person on the other end was devouring her, demanding everything

in the slightest. But Jolie didn't have time to protest, her body screaming for more, for

the haze of her

washed over Jolie, causing her body to tense and contract. She

falling rapidly.

en

But instead of calming her, her breathing grew more ragged, a soft whimper escaping

...

found Gernard and quickly explained the situation. Gernard, taking it seriously, sent the family doctor with her to find

they returned to the spot where they had

and unfamiliar to her, making it impossible to know where to start searching. She knew if they caused a scene by searching publicly, it would draw attention from the

call Gavin. The first couple of calls went unanswered, but on her third attempt,