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

Just as Jolie turned to leave, she caught sight of a man standing not far away. She froze for a moment.

Gavin?

What was he doing here?

Beside him stood a property manager, seemingly discussing something with him.

Jolie hesitated, debating whether to greet him. But before she could decide, Gavin's gaze shifted away, making the decision for her.

Alright. No need to say hello then.

She let her half-raised hand fall back to her side and headed toward the elevator. After stepping in, she pressed her floor's button. Just as the doors were about to close, a hand suddenly reached in, triggering the sensors. The doors slid open again, revealing Gavin's cool, unreadable gaze.

"Mr. Cooper. What a coincidence," Jolie said awkwardly, now left with no choice but to acknowledge him.

Gavin stepped inside without a word, turning his back to her as he pressed the button for the 22nd floor-one floor above hers.

Seriously?

He had a place here too? In the same building, no less?

echoed in her mind, and she couldn't help but bite

confessed to her before, and she'd turned him down. If she

felt a

fine. But with Gavin's presence, it suddenly seemed stiflingly small. Even the air felt cooler, wrapped in an

it's just the air conditioning, she thought, trying to

"Ding!"

to step out, but just as she passed him, a hand suddenly

stopped in her tracks, startled, and turned to meet Gavin's piercing

at Gavin. "Mr. Cooper, is there something you

onto hers, his grip on

they last saw each other.

just fine. The

surged to the surface,

simply holding her hand

voice low and controlled, though

he talking about?"

stepped closer, closing

a single stride. The elevator doors shut behind him, trapping them inside the

space.

let go of her wrist. When she instinctively tried