Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 1

Chapter 1:

In the CEO’s lounge at Apex Group, Eileen Curtis rose from the bed, gathering her shirt and skirt strewn across the floor, putting them on swiftly. As she dressed, a seductive charm lingered in her eyes, fresh from her recent encounter with the man on the bed. Her gaze met his cold expression.

The man was Bryan Dawson, the CEO of Apex Group, her boss, and her benefactor. Their secret relationship was confined to this very lounge. Beyond these walls, she was nothing more than his special assistant.

“Mr. Dawson, if there’s nothing more, I’ll return to my duties,” Eileen said, offering a practiced smile. As she spoke, she deftly arranged her long hair into a bun, her appearance swiftly transitioning from enticing to strictly professional. It almost seemed as if she hadn’t just been intimate with him.

Bryan narrowed his eyes, his gaze lingering on her delicate face.

“Vivian is back.”

Eileen had reached the door, hand poised to open it, when Bryan’s words stopped her in her tracks. Her body stiffened, the color drained from her face; even her breathing momentarily halted. However, she quickly regained her composure and turned around, maintaining her well-measured smile.

“Understood, Mr. Dawson. I will not step into this room again,” she said.

Bryan’s first love, Vivian Warren, for whom he had waited six years, had returned. Eileen had been nothing more than a means to satisfy his needs. Despite the fact that his presence had been her sole source of support over the past years, she was acutely aware that she only truly had him to herself in those intimate moments.

Bryan rose from the bed, indifferent to his state of undress. He found his pants on the floor and put them on.

“What does this have to do with you?” he asked with a chuckle, handing her his shirt, which she helped him into. As she buttoned his shirt, his voice came from above.

“Draft a divorce agreement for me.”

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Eileen paused, her gaze lifting to his face, taking in the sharp lines of his jaw and his thin lips.

“She wasted six years of her life on me; it’s time to put an end to it,” he stated, handing her his tie, breaking her from her thoughts. “What do you think?”

Without a word, Eileen took the tie, her heart a tumult of emotions. In fact, the wife Bryan had mentioned was her. Besides being his assistant and lover, she held another role in Bryan’s life—his wife.

Six years ago, her mother had been diagnosed with cancer and needed urgent, costly treatment. Newly graduated and financially incapable, she had been desperate until the Dawson family’s donation came to her aid, an act of kindness she would never forget. Later, when Bryan’s fiancée, Vivian, had left him and moved abroad, it had led to widespread gossip and ridicule. At that time, Bryan had needed a wife to save face, and his grandmother had found Eileen, who agreed to marry Bryan to repay the favor.

Grateful for the Dawson family’s help, Eileen had faithfully played her part as Bryan’s wife, asking for nothing more. After the marriage, needing to continue paying for her mother’s treatment, she left a small company and joined Apex Group, hoping for better opportunities. It was only then that she discovered Apex Group’s CEO was Bryan, her husband, whom she had met only once on their wedding day and who didn’t recognize her since.

treatments, Eileen stayed with the company, avoiding Bryan as much as possible. Fate, however, had other plans, and she found herself in bed with a drunken Bryan one night. Following this unintended encounter, Bryan had unexpectedly promoted her to be his special assistant. Satisfied with her work, Bryan had forced

would ask for money openly. But when she didn’t require financial assistance, she would decline his advances, striving to

the steep costs of her mother’s treatment had forced her to set aside her pride. Moreover, she had fallen in love with Bryan. Feeling unworthy of him, she concealed her

Whether as Bryan’s assistant or his wife, Eileen knew she had to step aside. The realization

Noticing this, Bryan furrowed his brow

you smiling?”

on her toes to smooth out

you cherish is finally back,” she

the divorce

frowned, feeling a flicker

exemplary assistant, Eileen,” he remarked. Her detachment made him question

a smile, dismissing the underlying message in

for acknowledging my work, Mr. Dawson,” she

Bryan’s voice halted her once

twenty million,”

paused for a

that she would leave with nothing

life. And she seemed to

instructions,

young woman he had met six years ago at the entrance to City Hall. At that time, he had felt a deep resentment towards his family for forcing him into marriage and had borne no affection towards the woman they had selected to be his wife. As a result, he had never met her again

the Dawson family for anything. In this respect, she reminded him of Eileen. Consequently, his perception of his wife

it over to

to pick up Vivian. At the bustling airport, young folks were clinging to their moments

Bryan, dressed in an exquisitely tailored suit, possessed sharply defined features and a presence that commanded attention. His lips were slightly pressed together, and his deep eyes displayed a touch of impatience as he watched

light application of makeup enhanced her features. She had dressed up with care, knowing he would want her company at the airport. Not knowing why and understanding it might be

surprise in Bryan’s eyes upon seeing her earlier had been worth it, especially when he

work attire.” It had significantly

a floral dress, her long hair dyed a

sensed the woman’s gaze, even behind those lenses, fixed on Bryan. True to Eileen’s intuition, the woman rushed towards Bryan the next moment,

clung to Bryan, her voice soft

back.