A Journey from Bitterness to Truth

Chapter 147

Ella couldn’t help but question her allure. Where had she gone wrong?

Previously, even when Yvan didn’t lay a finger on her, his eyes still held a certain warmth. This time, when Yvan asked her to stay overnight, she thought maybe, just maybe, something real might happen between them. But, to her dismay, Yvan remained as detached as ever.

Could it really be that after five long years, he had no desire to touch her?

She refused to believe it. If he didn’t want her, why would he keep her close for five years? Why shower her with affection?

Then it hit her. It must be because of Matilda’s presence in the house; that’s why Yvan was acting this way. If only Matilda and her son didn’t exist!

A surge of dark intent swelled within Ella’s eyes as she slipped into her lingerie and draped a sheer nightgown over herself, one as thin as a butterfly’s wings. She checked her tousled, sensual hair in the mirror before opening the door and stepping out.

Yvan was in the midst of shedding his shirt when he saw Ella in her seductive attire. His movements halted, his fingers stiffening over the buttons before he continued. Without a word, he strode past her into the bathroom and shut the door behind him.

reassured herself. It couldn’t be

as the sound of running water from the en–suite bathroom ceased, she switched her attention back to the door, silently waiting for

his face as exquisitely

had since remained impassive as if nothing could stir his interest following

it was always with a sense of nostalgia–a longing

to Rachel was the reason she had been able to stay by Yvan’s side for so long. Yet, after five years, she desperately wanted to be truly desired. But Yvan offered nothing more than embraces as

pregnant, and Ella had confirmed that the child was Yvan’s. The child had been lost before Ella could intervene,

with Matilda but not with her? In

out to embrace him, pressing

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was a voice no man could

in response, patting her back in a patronizing manner, “Sleep

Just like that?