Breaking Free From Mr. Ceo

before he could say anything. Rosalar shot him down. "Come on, this isn't some tragic romance novel

ation, and didn't take 1 dens words seriously

feeling rehactant just because she had brought up divorce, then getting his heart

was

vas way too easy

her him, only to be met with indifference. How could signing a a divorce paper suddenly

y change

all those years of devotion and all those moments of heartbreak in her previous

life would be nothing m

more than a ridiculous

ally packed up another pi

pie with her fork. Besides, his ex is back. As his substitute, I should've taken the hint he way of their reunion"noveldrama

as if the thought no longer affected her. Maybe it was because she had finally come to terms with the fact that she than Roseanne's substitute all along. Saying it out loud now didn't sting the way it used to

watch be carefully. She looked unbothered, completely at ease. But if he hadn't caught that fleeting trace of sadness in

ally believed that she had let Julian go.

had been by her side for a year. He had watched her grow from a fourteen-year- old prodigy into the woman she was now.

self a genius, but after meeting Rosalie, he was more than willing to take a step back and play the role of her assistant. blink of an eye, and geniuses by nature, were proud and arrogant. Rosalie was no exception.

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that arrogance, abandoned the pedestal she was born to stand on, and humbled herself just to stay by his side as an

1. me. His voice was steady, but there was a weight to it that made her fingers tighten slightly around her fork. alber "o", but whenever be addressed her "Rosalie" with that particular tone, it meant he was about to say something serious. ed her pate and asked. "Yeah?"

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you consider gettin

getting back with him?"

tinaby asking. "If julian really can't let you go, would y loube didnt even have to think about it. The answer was immediate, firm, and absolute. "Julian despises me. He's spent our entire

be could drow me as far away as possible. Why would he suddenly come back to me1

dropped ha

cor Hetime to truly accept that reality, but at least in this life, she

wasn't too late.

layful demeanor His gate locked onto her steady and serious, and he asked again. “I said, what if?" ched a linde tighter around the fork. The casual indifference on her face slowly

y failed, replaced by silence.

ween them before she finally spoke. "No, I'll never get back with him"

the sting behind her eyes and reaffirmed her decision. "Eddie, I'm tired. I'm exhausted over the past year of being

at even counting her previous lide

– many nights waiting for hum to come home. From fully awake to barely keeping my eyes open, he never showed up. I turn, but somehow, that was even harder than making a breakthrough in any research."

out a breath her soune laced with something between regret and relief. "If I had known loving him would be this painful, I would have let gu