All Chapters of A Deal With Mr. CEO: Chapter 141 - Chapter 150

The following Monday morning, I stepped into the office building. It really felt good to be back. While walking to my office space, I received warm welcome from my colleagues. Voices called out from different workstations with genuine smiles. The moment I got to my desk Casey and Megan were the rushed over to me with their faces lighting up the second they saw me setting my bag down. "Amelia! You're finally back from your leave!" Megan exclaimed, leaning against the divider of my desk. "The place has been completely chaotic without you." "Seriously," Casey added, offering a bright smile. "We were starting to wonder if you were ever coming back to us. How are you feeling? Are you ready to dive back into office life?" "I am more than ready," I said with a genuine smile breaking across my face. As I exchanged a few more light pleasantries with them, relief settled in my chest because fom the casual nature of their questions, it was obvious that they were completely oblivious

Almost two months had passed since my return to work and life had settled into something wonderfully normal. Today was Adrian's mom's birthday celebration and she had decided to celebrate the milestone with a gathering of family and friends. I had been ready for almost thirty minutes. I was dressed and had my makeup on already. But because Adrian had mentioned that he had one or two documents to put together in his study, he was not ready yet which was making me become impatient. I glanced at the time on my phone for what felt like the hundredth time before finally giving up and heading upstairs to find him because honestly, how long did it take a man to put on a suit? Stepping into our bedroom, I saw that he was just finally picking up his clothes from the bed. But he was taking his sweet precious time, looking entirely unbothered by the passing time. My eyes narrowed. "Adrian." He looked up. "Yeah?" I pointed dramatically at the clothes in his hands. "Why are you only

The days continued to pass by peacefully. Work had been going well. At least... mostly. Because lately, something felt off. At first, I didn't think much of it. I was tired and I just blamed it on work. Then I blamed it on wedding planning, then on everything that had happened over the past few months. I thought, after everything, maybe my body was still catching up. That explanation made enough sense for me to ignore it for a while. But then the exhaustion didn't go away. If anything, it became worse. I started feeling tired much more often. The strangest part was how quickly it would hit me. A simple walk from my car to the office building suddenly felt far more exhausting than it should. By lunchtime, I would already be counting down the hours until I could go home. Some evenings I found myself falling asleep on the couch before dinner. It wasn't dramatic enough to truly alarm me. But it was definitely becoming noticeable. I didn't bother telling Adrian anything about it

AMELIA The wedding was getting closer with every passing day and a good number of the invitations had already been finalized and sent out. Lately, there was also plenty of romance in the air outside of my own life. Zoey and Caden. A laugh escaped me as I thought about it. Because whether she admitted it or not, my girl was falling. Hard. The signs were all there. The random mentions and the way she suddenly acted completely uninterested whenever his name came up despite somehow bringing him up herself. Classic Zoey behavior. She was gone and she didn't even know it yet. Also, one thing I didn't think twice about was my choice of maid of honors. Yes. Honors... plural. Because honestly, who exactly decided there could only be one? As far as I was concerned, Zoey and Brianna both had to be. The both of them had consistently had my back through every single up and down since our college days. And the three of us had survived college together. We had cried together, celebrate

The morning traffic moved slowly, but eventually I got closer to the café. My mind was focused on the conversation ahead. I was on my way to meet with Raven. You heard that right. Two days ago, just a few hours after I had taken that step and sent out the digital wedding invitations, a notification had chimed on my phone. It came from an unknown number, but the moment I opened the text and read the words, I instantly knew it was Raven. She had reached out in a very polite, careful tone, asking if it would be okay by me if we could meet up briefly in person to talk. And now, here I was, pulling up to the parking lot. I turned off the engine, grabbed my purse and walked out, going into the café. Scanning the place, I immediately spotted Raven sitting at a smaller table tucked away near the back corner. She looked up, her eyes locking onto mine and she instantly stood up the moment I approached the table. "Hi, Amelia. Thanks for coming," she said, gesturing toward the empty ch