CEO’s Regret After I Divorced

Synopsis

Serena, heir to Britain’s top jewelry company LUXE, suffers sudden amnesia at the peak of her life and is saved from drowning by Ryan. She falls for him instantly, but even after three years of marriage, she cannot replace the place in his heart held by his forever love, Sophie. After a near-fatal kidnapping and Ryan attending a charity gala with Sophie’s sister Ivy, Serena hits rock bottom and tells Ryan. “Let’s get a divorce.” He replies, “You won’t survive without me.” Breaking free from heartbreak, Serena’s career soars as she becomes an internationally renowned designer. Regaining her memories, she returns to LUXE and gives birth to twins. Surrounded by eager admirers, Ryan panics and pleads, “Serena, I was wrong—let me see our children.” But can Ryan truly win back Serena’s heart? Or has too much been lost? The answers unfold in this gripping tale.

Review

The CEO’s Regret: The Wife He Ignored Fights Back!

Prepare your heart, darlings, because if you are hunting for the next dark, trope-filled obsession that blends corporate power plays with explosive personal reckoning, you have just hit the jackpot! I’ve plunged deep into the initial chapters of *CEO’s Regret After I Divorced*, and let me tell you, this isn’t your typical wallflower story. This is a tale of resilience, raw fury, and a protagonist who decides—after enduring the absolute worst—that she will write her own ending, consequences be damned.

If you love the powerful CEO forced to confront his mistakes, the conniving rival sister, and a heroine who sheds her victim skin with breathtaking speed, stop what you are doing. You need this emotional rollercoaster in your life *right now*.

### The Setup: Kidnapping, Betrayal, and a Wake-Up Call

The story kicks off with a visceral punch that grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. Our heroine, Serena, is introduced in the most terrifying circumstances: zip-tied, freezing, and facing degradation at the hands of kidnappers who treat her like cheap “merchandise.” This immediate high-stakes scenario sets the stage perfectly for the psychological drama that follows.

Serena attempts the ultimate gamble: invoking her powerful husband’s name, Ryan Blackwood. What follows is the single most agonizing moment in these early chapters, a scene that solidifies the reader’s instant alliance with Serena. The call connects, not to Ryan, but to the infuriatingly sweet voice of Ivy Hart—the sister of Ryan’s deceased lover, Sophie.

Ivy’s casual cruelty while delivering the news that Ryan is at a gala, paired with the kidnappers’ open mockery, is expertly crafted angst. But the true dagger comes when Ryan finally takes the phone. His impatience, his contempt, and his promise to send a *villa* instead of rushing to her aid? Devastating. This is the breaking point, the moment the meek substitute wife finally realizes she is utterly disposable. Her parting shot, screaming, “I hope you both rot in hell!” as she fights her captors, is pure, necessary catharsis.

### The Alpha Male Reversal: Ryan Blackwood, The Ice King

Enter Ryan Blackwood, the male lead we secretly love to hate (before we inevitably start rooting for his redemption). He is the quintessential powerful CEO—known as the “Ice King” of Wall Street, built a North American empire, and operates purely on strategy and strength.

In these chapters, Ryan is presented as emotionally stunted, trapped by the ghost of his deceased fiancée, Sophie Hart. Serena was his pragmatic, family-approved replacement wife, married purely for status because the original merger fell through. Ryan confirms this toxic dynamic repeatedly: he gives Serena expensive gifts only to ensure she outshines Sophie’s sister, Ivy; he calls her grievances a “tantrum”; and most damningly, he prioritizes PR and reputation management over her actual survival after the kidnapping.

When Serena confronts him in the hospital, his reaction screams alpha entitlement: he clamps her wrist with “bruising force,” commands an apology to Ivy, and dictates she must hide away in *his* quarters until the gossip dies down. Oof! The intensity of his physical dominance juxtaposed against his complete emotional inadequacy is exactly what pulls in readers who crave that d$$$$$$t/submissive power dynamic *that must eventually be flipped*.

However, the cracks begin to show, and this is where the story hooks you for the long haul. After she demands divorce, his fury is instantly followed by actions that reveal his deep-seated control issues and, subtly, his dependence on her. He freezes her accounts, attempting to force her back into dependence. Then, the dream sequence! Oh, the *dream sequence*! It’s dripping with possessive intensity, raw desire, and the primal marking of territory—he physically dominates her, calling her “f$$$$$g made for me.” Waking up to the reality of her absence sends him into a spiral of denial, leading to that wonderful, trope-heavy moment where he realizes she actually *blocked him*. That panic? That’s the sound of the Ice King melting. His realization that she managed his entire life—the coffee, the diffuser, the specific soup for his stomach—shows how deeply ingrained she was, even if he refused to see her.

### Serena: From Shadow to Architect of Her Own Empire

Serena’s evolution is the star of this early arc. Initially introduced as a woman suffering amnesia, married to a man who calls another woman’s name in bed, she is fragile but carries an undeniable core of strength, evidenced by her feral bite during the kidnapping escape!

Post-divorce, the transformation is swift and glorious. She doesn’t just walk away; she *strips* the marriage bare, tossing the ring on the floor and refusing his “compensation” money (though her friend wisely scoops it up later!). She taps into her former life as “Lazuli,” a legendary jewelry designer, revealing she sacrificed her shares and career for Ryan.

This is where the true appeal to the romance reader shines: the underdog getting her absolute revenge. Serena isn’t waiting for the hero to save her; she’s weaponizing her talent, calling in favors from hackers (“Triton!”), and setting up a devastating counter-attack against Ivy Hart. She is smart, strategic, and utterly ruthless when crossed. Watching her reclaim her identity and leverage Ryan’s own resources against her enemies? Instant, delicious payback.

### The Chemistry of Conflict and The Rivalry

While we don’t see intense romantic chemistry *between* Serena and Ryan in these chapters (it’s too broken for that), the *chemistry of conflict* is electric. Every confrontation is laced with years of repressed emotion. Ryan’s possessiveness clashes violently with Serena’s newfound independence. When he corners her in the study, the air is thick with the unspoken “what if” had he treated her better.

The dynamic with Ivy Hart is pure, glorious rivalry fuel. Ivy is the classic antagonist—the beautiful, superficially sweet woman leveraging her deceased sister’s memory and Ryan’s lingering attachment to cause misery. When Serena slaps Ivy in the hospital and later confronts her at the courthouse, the tension is palatable. It’s a battle for dominance, not just over Ryan, but over self-worth.

Serena’s plan to use Ivy’s stolen money (via blackmail) to fund her own comeback, only to then orchestrate Ivy’s public downfall via WhisperStream, is brilliant. It’s strategic warfare played out in the corporate and social spheres, and it promises massive payoff for the reader.

### Emotional Resonance and Why You Need to Read This

This sequence is emotionally manipulative in the *best* way possible. We experience the agony of Serena’s kidnapping, the crushing humiliation of Ryan’s indifference, and the pure, soaring joy of her professional rebirth.

The payoff when the Dreamland Studio launches and the *six hundred thousand dollars* from the blackmailed Ivy lands in their account? Chef’s kiss! It proves Serena is not only free but financially empowered, directly insulting Ryan’s assertion that she’d be “nothing” without him.

We are left on a delicious cliffhanger: Ryan is panicking, realizing his wife has vanished with all the essential components of his comfort (the coffee ritual, the diffuser), and Ivy is desperate after being outmaneuvered by the mysterious “Lady Lazuli.” The stage is set for the **CEO’s Massive Regret**. He has let the only woman who truly understood his needs walk away, and now she is coming back to dismantle the very empire he thought protected him.

If you crave slow-burn realization, a heroine who burns bridges with spectacular fireworks, and an alpha male facing the consequences of his cold heart, clear your schedule. *CEO’s Regret After I Divorced* delivers the emotional wreckage we need to watch Ryan Blackwood finally crumble and chase the wife he so carelessly discarded! Dive in now!