My CEO HUSBAND sign the divorce novel Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Twist of Fate

The same one I asked him to give me.

So this was it.

Just like I predicted,it was for Lilian and that’s why I couldn’t have it first.

Scattered applause rose around the hall.

Because the gathering was intimate, Lilian spoke casually and naturally, making everyone feel close to her.

As the last of her words faded into the room, the final note of Alexander’s piano piece slowly came to an end.

When the final note faded, Alexander rose from the piano.

With measured steps, calm and composed as ever, he walked straight toward Lilian.

He extended his hand.

Lilian placed hers in his without hesitation, her smile radiant as he guided her to the center of the hall.

Then the dance began.

One of Alexander’s hands rested lightly on her waist, while Lilian’s hand settled gracefully on his shoulder. Their joined hands lifted between them as they moved into the first elegant turn of a ballroom waltz.

Music swelled through the room once more.

To its steady rhythm, they moved as one.

Every step was precise. Every turn effortless. Their bodies flowed together with seamless harmony, as though they had rehearsed this moment a thousand times before.

Even as nothing more than a spectator, I had to admit it—

They looked perfect together.

Lilian was clearly trained in dance. She glided across the polished floor like a butterfly skimming over water, light and graceful, spinning with each rise and fall of the melody before drifting back into Alexander’s embrace.

And Alexander matched her flawlessly. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

He guided her with practiced ease, steady and attentive, never missing a beat.

With coordination like that, it was obvious they had danced together many times.

Unlike me.

A clueless country girl who had once stepped on Alexander’s shoes the first time I tried to dance with him.

Watching them now, I finally understood why Lilian always looked at me with that quiet sense of superiority.

Because she had been first.

The first to know Alexander’s gentleness.

He played the piano for her.

He danced with her.

He read stories to her.

He bought her cookies.

He cooked for her.

And no matter how hard I tried, I would always be one step behind Lilian.

My gaze slowly lowered, my thoughts drifting into silence.

At that moment, I finally understood the distance between Alexander and me.

I had once believed that I knew him ,that I knew things about him.

But that belief had been nothing more than arrogance.‎Alexander had never truly opened himself to me.

What I believed I knew about him was only what he had chosen to let me see.

Everything he wished to keep hidden had remained beyond my reach.

Just like now—after two years of marriage, I was only discovering that Alexander could play the piano so beautifully.

But when I thought about it carefully, it was hardly surprising.

Alexander was the heir of an elite family, raised with the finest education from childhood. Learning the piano would have been expected of someone like him.

Just as naturally, he spoke more than English, Chinese, and French—he also knew Japanese and German. He danced with polished grace, cooked skillfully, and lived with unwavering discipline. He exercised regularly, ran every morning to keep fit, drank only black coffee without sugar, never smoked, and consumed alcohol only in moderation.

When I compared myself to him, I felt painfully small.

I was nothing more than an ordinary woman who had been fortunate enough to be adopted into the Blackwood family.

Without that twist of fate, I probably would never have crossed paths with him.

Much less married him.

Perhaps... we had never been meant for each other at all.

Third-Person POV

In the middle of the dance, Alexander’s steps suddenly faltered.

For the briefest second, he nearly caused Lilian to stumble with him.

Fortunately, his reflexes were swift. He tightened his arm around her waist and pulled her firmly into his embrace, steadying them both before anyone could notice more than a slight disruption.

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