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

Jolie froze, realizing she'd let something slip. Her gaze darted nervously as she stammered, "Oh, uh, maybe? Maybe not? I might have remembered wrong..." Selena narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing her closely.

Under that piercing gaze, Jolie's confidence crumbled, and she finally avoided eye contact altogether.

The atmosphere in the living room grew tense as Selena remained silent, simply staring at her.

Unable to bear the pressure any longer, Jolie threw up her hands in surrender. "I give up! I'll confess! Just stop looking at me like that. You're making me panic!"

Selena crossed her arms and raised her chin. "Start talking. Tell me everything."

"Um..." Jolie coughed awkwardly, finding it hard to voice the details.

"Hmm?" Selena's sharp gaze cut through her hesitation, making Jolie deflate instantly.

"Well," Jolie began hesitantly, "at a banquet at the Cooper family home, I was, uh, drugged... and Gavin took me to a room to help me. Then... um... one thing led to another, and... something happened."

She coughed again, her voice growing softer. "After that, I told him I owed him for saving me. He... he said I could repay him... ten times. So, yeah, that's... basically it."

She

and unapproachable Gavin Cooper was secretly bullying

And... ten times?

What a shameless man!

already

million pieces. Truly,

at Selena and continued, "After that, the Quin family hosted two more banquets and invited Gavin to both.

have any more contact with him. So, came up with a fake boyfriend and publicly introduced him during my birthday party, Who would've thought my father would

tried to send me abroad, all to force me to break up

she spoke, a bitter

of events she'd endured recently had felt suffocating. Yet, strangely, saying it all out loud left her

she decided to

silently, unsure what to

family's attempts to push

faking a boyfriend and suffering serious consequences just to avoid breaking

complex