Divorce and Freedom: No More Homemaker for Him
Chapter 761 The Big Surprise
The next day came.
Tonight was the night Draven had said he’d do it with her.
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Why he’d chosen this specific day, Ayla had turned over and over in her head–but there was nothing remarkable about today’s date. Just the last day of October.
She stopped herself from spiraling and went to the office.
She kept losing focus all day, which almost never happened.
But everyone around her could feel the happiness radiating off her from the inside out.
Draven didn’t reach out all day.
Which only made her more curious.
Finally, she made it to the end of the workday. Right on time, Ayla got a call from Draven. “Ayla, I’m downstairs. Come on down–I’ll take you to dinner.”
“Okay.” Ayla hung up, grabbed her bag, and left.
The elevator numbers ticked downward.
Time felt like it had slowed–and then, as if in the same breath, she’d already reached the parking level.
With a ding, the elevator doors opened.
Ayla’s heart was hammering. She stepped out and looked up–and there was Draven, dressed for something serious. A sharp suit, impeccably fitted, aristocratic, and luminous. Like a man about to walk into a formal gala. He seemed lit from within.
Ayla couldn’t look away. She walked toward him, one step at a time.
Every step, moving toward her happiness.
Sixteen steps total.
She reached him. She tilted her head back just slightly to meet those dark, deep, beautiful eyes –still exactly as she remembered them–and said sincerely, “Mr. Storm, you look incredible today.”
Draven was always striking. Even slightly dressed up, he was devastating–and though Ayla saw
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that face every day, had even kissed it that morning before leaving, she still couldn’t look away.
The more formal he looked, the faster her heart went–the more she wanted to know what was coming.
She hadn’t looked forward to anything this much in a very, very long time.
All because of the suspense he’d been building.
Draven drove her to dinner first–a restaurant with genuinely exceptional food.
The setting suited his outfit beautifully, but whatever he was planning, this wasn’t the moment for it. Other guests were here. If Draven was going for something romantic, he’d have the place to himself.
Though booking out an entire restaurant for a romantic gesture was getting a bit overdone. Draven probably wouldn’t do that.
And sure enough, he didn’t.
Ayla settled in and ate. After a full, satisfying dinner, Draven drove her away–not back toward Westhaven, but in another direction entirely.
It was starting.
Ayla couldn’t help the rush of excitement. Usually, she could appreciate the scenery outside the window or fall into easy conversation with Draven. Right now, she couldn’t do either.
Everything inside her was moving with him.
The car turned into an upscale villa complex. Guards at the gate were in crisp, impeccable
uniforms.
Ayla read the characters on the gate as they passed: Cloudhaven Villa. This was the other address Draven had arranged for the babies–quiet, safe, top–tier security.
Ayla started putting it together.
So, was Draven bringing her here to see the renovation?
If that was really it, then why had he made her wait two days?
She still didn’t understand. But before she had time to think it through, the car had already rolled into the villa’s garden.
Draven got out, came around the front of the car, and opened her door.
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Normally, she would’ve gotten out alongside him. But tonight, she was caught up in her own thoughts and had just stayed in her seat.
This was Draven’s first time doing something like this. Ayla genuinely couldn’t picture what this man–a man like him–would actually do.
“Give me your hand.”
Ayla heard his voice and turned. Draven was already standing at her door. The moment their eyes met, something in her settled–there was no point overthinking it. She’d come all this way with him. She might as well just be here for every moment.
He’d already unbuckled her seatbelt when he got out.
she had to do was reach out. Her hand was caught by a warm, large grip–then a gentle pull,
lightness–and Draven drew her out of the car.
him.
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