Stolen Credit, I Dumped My CEO Love

Chapter 2

The post I'd just liked vanished seconds later.

A message from Gavin appeared almost immediately.

Gavin: Where are you? When will you be home?

He clearly wasn't sure whether I'd seen the post.

The message was nothing more than an attempt to test the waters.

I let out a bitter laugh and typed back.

Madeline: On my way.

After a brief pause, another message appeared.

Gavin: You got off work early today? I thought you had a reception tonight. Did you go home early to get ready?

I didn't reply.

Another message followed.

Gavin: I've been thinking about meeting your parents. Let's postpone it. You're too important to the company right now, and going public could hurt your career. I can't be that selfish. You understand, don't you?

I had long since stopped expecting anything from him. I typed back calmly.

Madeline: Don't bother. We're done.

He had said things like that before, and I used to believe he genuinely had my best interests at heart.

Now I knew they had all been excuses.

The truth was that another woman mattered more to him, so he'd never given me a real place in his life.

I hung up and switched my phone to airplane mode.

From then on, nothing Gavin did had anything to do with me.