The CEO's Hidden Love: Midnight Temptations and Deep Desires novel Chapter 1733

When Craig married Aurora, he was flat broke—a real nobody. She never minded, not even a little. But looking back, he knew he’d let her down.

Insecurity was always their biggest problem. Aurora tried a million times to get him to drop it, to show him she never looked down on him—not her, not her parents. But Craig, with his pride wound up tight after a lifetime of feeling less-than, just couldn’t let it go. He always put his ego first.

And in the end, that’s how he lost her.

After the divorce, Craig pretty much fell apart. He spent his nights at the local bar, drinking cheap whiskey until he could barely stand. He hated himself, regretted everything, but also kind of felt like he deserved it.

Then he saw his son.

That was the moment he snapped out of it. No matter what happened between him and Aurora, they still had a kid together. That was a tie he’d never shake, not ever.

Compared to the lonely future he’d once pictured for himself, at least now he still had his boy. At least now, every month, he had a reason to talk to Aurora, even if it was just to swap stories with the nanny about how their son was doing. That was enough.

Adults screw up. Craig owned it. He wasn’t going to make excuses.

When he told Aurora that, she just stared at him, caught off guard. When she finally snapped out of it, he was already gone.

“Still the same,” she muttered to herself. “Always stuck in his ways. Never could go with the flow.”

Back in his truck, Craig finally glanced at his buzzing phone. He’d ignored it before—figured if he had a rare chance to see Aurora face-to-face, he wasn’t about to waste it staring at a screen.