Dear ex-Wife please be mine again

Chapter 156

Christiana’s POV

The day had started perfectly. Business was flourishing like never before. My team had just closed another

massive deal, and the gallery expansion project was moving faster than expected. Even Ethan and Emma had

been in high spirits lately. Emma’s giggles filled the suite every morning, and Ethan had finally stopped asking so

many questions about Alex's absence.

Yet, even with everything falling into place, something felt... off.

It wasn’t the gallery. It wasn’t the twins. It was Alex.

He was in Dubai, dealing with what he’d called an “urgent work situation.” At first, I'd been furious when |

couldn’t reach him for three days. But when he finally picked up, the sound of his voice melted my anger into

worry. Alex was calm...too calm, like he was trying to hide something.

The man | knew wasn’t just distant; he was burdened. And no matter how much I pressed, he refused to open

up.

That nagging feeling had stayed withall morning, growing stronger by the hour. By the tthe twins were

down for their afternoon nap, | couldn't take it anymore. | needed answers.

| paced the living room, clutching my phone tightly. My thumb hovered over Sebastian's name. Alex's half-

brother might not have been my first choice for this conversation, but | couldn't shake the feeling he knew more

than he let on.

With a deep breath, | tapped the call button and brought the phone to my ear. It rang twice before Sebastian's

smooth, slightly amused voice cthrough.

“Christiana,” he said, drawing out my name. “To what do | owe this surprise?”

I wasn’t in the mood for his usual charm. “Sebastian, | need you to be honest with me.”

His tone shifted instantly, the lightness gone. “What's wrong?”

“It's Alex,” | said, sinking onto the couch. My fingers gripped the armrest as | tried to steady my voice.

“Something’s not right with him. He's in Dubai, and when we spoke, | could tell he wasn’t okay. He's hiding

something, and | need to know what it is.”

There was a long pause on the other end, and | could almost hear Sebastian debating with himself.

“Sebastian,” | pressed, my voice firm. “If you know something, you need to tell me. Please.”

He sighed heavily, and when he spoke again, his voice was quieter, almost reluctant. “Christiana, you're not

going to like this.”

“Just tell me,” | demanded, my heart pounding in my chest.

“It's Daniel Brooks,” he said, his words landing like a hammer. “He’s targeting Alex.”

| froze, my mind racing. “What? Why?”

“Because of you,” Sebastian said bluntly. “Daniel's been holding a grudge against Alex ever since you turned him

down. He's been makingto topple Alex's company, publicly humiliate him, and now... he’s coming after him

personally.”

My grip on the phone tightened, my knuckles turning white. “You're tellingthis is all because of me?”

“Yes,” Sebastian admitted, his tone heavy, “Alex toldDaniel sees him as an obstacle, someone standing in

the he wants. And what he wants is

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| shot to my feet, my chest heaving as a wave of fury crashed over me. “That arrogant bastard,” | hissed, my

nails digging into my palm. “How dare he? How dare he go after Alex like this

Sebastian's voice softened. “Alex didn’t want you to know. He thought he could handle it on his own. But the

truth is... he’s scared, Christiana. Scared of losing you.”

Those words hitharder than anything else Sebastian had said. Alex, the man who always seemed so strong,

so unshakable, was scared. And it was because of me.

“Why didn’t he tell me?” | whispered, more to myself than to Sebastian.

“Because he loves you,” Sebastian said simply. “And he doesn’t want you caught in the crossfire.”

| closed my eyes, the weight of his words settling overlike a storm cloud. My heart ached for Alex, for the

burden he’d been carrying alone. And then, just as quickly, that ache turned into anger...raw, unfiltered rage

directed at the man responsible for all of this.

“I won't let Daniel get away with this,” | said, my voice shaking with determination.

Sebastian hesitated. “Christiana, don’t do anything reckless. Alex is already under enough pressure.”

“Reckless?” snapped. “No, Sebastian. What's reckless is letting someone like Daniel think he can toy with

people’s lives. He's gone too far, and | won't stand by and let him destroy Alex.”

There was silence on the other end of the line, and then Sebastian said, “Just... be careful, Christiana. Alex needs

you, now more than ever.”

“I know,” | said quietly, my resolve hardening. “And I'm not going to let him down.”

As | ended the call, my reflection caught my eye in the mirror across the room. My expression was one | barely

recognized... fierce, determined, and unyielding.

My heart raced as | tossed my phone onto the couch and began pacing back and forth across the living room. My

bare feet padded against the hardwood floor, but | hardly noticed. My thoughts were too loud, too chaotic.

Daniel Brooks.

The sDaniel | had once thought of as a good friend. The man who’d cto me, broken and vulnerable,

begging for someone to hear him out when he felt like the world was caving in on him. I'd pitied him. I'd even

blamed myself for the pain in his eyes when | turned him down.

And because | felt for him, because guilt clung tolike a second skin, | had gone to see him. | sat with him,

listened to him. | wanted to believe that extending an olive branch, even after rejecting him, would help him

heal.

But it hadn't. Instead, it had driven a wedge between Alex and me.

For a week after I'd met Daniel, Alex had been cold, distant in a way I'd never experienced before. At the time, |

understood why. But now... now it all made sense.

Daniel had planned his attack, to claw his way into a world he didn’t belong to, and to make himself into a

threat. The sudden, unexplained wealth. The mysterious rise of Nexus Innovations, a company that had

seemingly appeared out of thin air and taken the industry by storm.

And now this.

This betrayal.

| stopped pacing, my hands trembling as | gripped the back of a chair for support. My knuckles turned white. My

breathing cin shallow gasps, and my

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Daniel hadn't just crossed a line...he’d obliterated it. This wasn’t about business. This wasn’t even about his

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| wanted to scream, to throw something, to do anything to release the storm inside me.

Instead, | clenched my fists and whispered to myself, “How could you, Daniel?”

The words hung in the air, heavy and bitter.

He had gone too far. This wasn’t the man | thought | knew. This wasn’t someone | could pity anymore. This was

someone couldn't even recognize.

For the first tsince I'd met him, | felt something new. Something raw and ugly.

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I hated Daniel Brooks.

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Daniel Brooks might have started this war, but | would make damn sure Alex and | finished it.

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