Chapter 126

Criss guided Matilda to their room for some rest, the twin beds neatly made.

Matilda perched on one, taking deep, steadying breaths.

Seeing her like this, Criss heaved a sigh, grabbed the kettle to boil some water for tea, and asked while filling it, “Sweetie, you gotta tell me who he is already, right?”

Matilda offered a resigned smile. “He’s my ex–husband.”

“Oh my God!”

Criss‘ hand trembled, nearly dropping the kettle. “Then I don’t wanna sleep with him.”

Matilda’s voice pitched up in disbelief. “You wanted to sleep with my ex–husband?”

Criss stroked his chin thoughtfully. “Well, he doesn’t look like the submissive type. I bet if we hit the sack, we’d end up wrestling.”

Matilda raised her hands in a gesture of surrender. “Okay, okay, Lord Criss, I admit my fault. I shouldn’t have kept it from you. I’ll be upfront next time.”

lost his usual air of poised aloofness, sat beside Matilda after setting up the kettle, and said, “Honey, you gotta figure something out. You can’t keep dodging him forever. The event planners were talking him up big time. How did

“It just happened.”

question, memories came flooding back.

to dispel those thoughts, and then said, “There’s nothing much to tell; it’s all in the

sweet little secret keeper is keeping things from me now.” Criss

up at the renowned creative director, who smiled down at her, “Looks like

in love now.”

“Go ahead, try your luck. If you can turn Yvan gay, you’re welcome to

“Boring.”

mingling, clinking glasses, the socialite dance

quite the

in the crowd, his tall, distinguished figure and

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many socialites. Yet, Yvan remained unimpressed, as if no woman

those ladies, you’d think he played for

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