Divorce to Destiny: Reclaiming My CEO Husband by Anney GW

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(Winona)

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Are you sure w

before she leaves.

gonna be okay?" Lisa asks, her hand lingering on my arm as we step outside the club

I laugh, pushing her gently. "I'll be fine. Go! You've got your boy waiting, and I'm not about to be a third wheel."

"I don't want to cock block you either. You got this.

She gives me a once-over, probably trying to gauge how drunk I am, but I'm not wasted.

I've had enough to loosen up, sure, but I know exactly what I'm doing.

"Okay, but seriously, don't overthink this. Just have fun tonight. You deserve it."

"I am having fun," I say with a grin. "Trust me."

Lisa gives me a wink before heading off, her hand sliding into the guy's who's she's been seeing lately. Sha

leans in to whisper something to him, and they both laugh as they head in the opposite direction toward another club.

I watch them go for a second, feeling a weird mix of envy and excitement. She's got it easy, no emotional baggage tied to anyone. But tonight, I'm ditching the emotional baggage for fun.

I take a deep breath and head back into the club. The music is still thumping, the kind that gets under your skin, makes you feel alive in ways you didn't even know you needed. And the guys?

I'm not holding back. I'm dancing with whoever I want, whenever I

I've been through with Jayden are momentarily

I can see the way they're looking at me, the heat

But now he's there, staring at me. The shift in the air has

Phillip.

locked onto mine. The same confident, alpha male energy hits me like a freight

way over, cutting through the dancers without so much as a glance at anyone else. It's like he's

also something familiar. We were almost married. He was a father figure to Abby. We have history and despite the way it

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the one man other than Jayden that

leaning in close enough that I can feel the heat of his breath against my

and freeze, caught off guard by how blunt he's being. "How

matter," he cuts me off, his voice low and gravelly. "What matters is, if any man's gonna be part of your little experiment, it's going to

pounds in my chest, not from fear but

pulling me closer, his body pressing against mine as the music swells around us. "No games

firm, his touch familiar in a way that makes my skin

more seductive. "Don't think of the past. Don't think of us

reality of what's happening and the flood of memories from when we were engaged. Our dates before we were engaged and before Jayden came back

stop this. I should walk away. But every nerve in my body is screaming 'at me to stay. "No strings, Winona. This could be a

say, but my voice

shiver involuntarily. "I don't have to be polite, Winona. Not anymore. I want

hands move, sliding up to cup my face. "This isn't a

murmurs, his lips ghosting over

as he

feel that familiar pull

me almost saying yes to