《THE CEOS’ SECRET BABY》全部章節：第 1 章 - 第 10 章

Ava Miller. I needed to get home before this storm broke. Standing inside the elevator, I impatiently tapped my foot against the cold metal floor, watching the red digital numbers slowly descend. 33... 32... 31... It was nearly midnight. My cleaning shift had gone on much longer than usual because the CEO had apparently fired an entire team earlier this afternoon. That left the maintenance crew with double the workload, scrubbing down offices and prepping them for whatever new employees were coming in next. Suddenly, the elevator gave a violent rattle. A metallic screech echoing through the shaft, and the overhead lights snapped completely out. “What was that?” I gulped, spinning around in the cramped, four-walled darkness, my eyes straining to search for any immediate danger. Then, the mechanism groaned, and the elevator began surging upward. 27... 28... 29... 30... 31... “No, no, no. Go down!” The crimson numbers were flying by now, ascending at an alarm

My ride back home felt almost unbearable. I watched the city pass in a blur through the taxi window as tried to hold back my tears. I couldn’t seem to rub this feeling of disgust off of me How could I? Why could I? I was a cheater. I had silently betrayed our marriage a few months before we renewed our vows. And with Serge Sterling. A man I knew and loathed with everything in me. Yet for some reason, some sickening reason, I knew deep in my heart that I wouldn’t forget everything we did. Even when I wasn’t supposed to. And I hated that reality. Signing, I cleaned the tears on my face. I couldn’t stop thinking about what I was going to tell Matthew. The storm couldn’t let me get back earlier? I got stuck in the elevator because power went out? “Ahh.” I groan for the umpeth time and the driver throws another look my way through the review mirror. “Sorry.” I mummer to him, slightly embarrassed Wrapping my hands around my self, I realised something was missing

Staring at the note one last time, I tucked it into my apron before switching on the vacuum machine. Its loud hum echoed throughout the entire room, helping me to shut off the chaotic voices in my head. Matthew had left earlier in the evening to meet with Leo and Mr. Sterling to discuss some business. That is the only reason I am currently cleaning the house at ten o'clock at night. I was trying everything I could to calm my anxiety over whatever trap Sterling might be planning next. It had been two days. Two full days of agonizing over the easiest way to come clean to Matthew. Serge had told me to come clean or he would, and I realized the best possible way out of this nightmare was for me to tell my husband the truth myself. But why did I feel like Serge already held the upper hand here? Yesterday, Matthew had received a call from Serge asking if they could talk over coffee along with Leo about a business opportunity. Of course, Matthew was absolutely thrilled. I, on the o

“What the actual fuck.” He was breathless, his eyes tearing between Serge and me. I could tell he was about to pounce. I tried to step toward him, desperate to reassure him that it wasn’t what it looked like, that none of this was real or mattered. But the heavy steel cuffs around my hands pulled me back, tugging painfully around my wrists with a burning sensation that reminded me of the bittersweet contrasts I was currently limping through. How the fuck did I even end up in this situation? Suddenly consumed by a wave of hot anger, I turned to Serge. He was awfully quiet, standing there without a care in the world, looking exactly as if he knew this would happen all along. “Uncuff me,” I spat, failing to recognize my own voice because of the raw venom laced through it. I was ready to fully inject my fury right into the jerk standing beside me. Reluctantly, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small silver key, twisting it into the lock until the cuffs snapped open.

LEO STERLING POV “Let’s go, buddy,” I grunted as I helped Matthew up, throwing his heavy arm over my shoulder to stabilize his weight. He was such a complete light head!!Four glasses of cheap whiskey at the casino and he was already completely out of it, his words slurring into incoherent mess while feet dragged against the floor. Honestly, it was pathetic, but right now, his intoxication was the only thing working in my favor. It kept him from seeing what his precious new billionaire boss had just done to his wife against a locked door. With clumsy steps, we made out of the casino room and into the grand lobby of the hotel, making sure to nod at the uniform bellboy to open the doors at the entrance for us.Making it outside, harsh, cold evening wind welcomed us, lashing against our faces and causing Matthew to shudder, gaining a tiny bit of his senses back from the sudden drop in temperature. “I think... I think I saw Ava,” Matthew muttered, his head lolling to the side as I pra