A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 178:

The elevator doors opened on the first floor, and the family exited. Kristopher remained, still facing her in the same pose.

After a moment, his voice, rough with emotion, broke the silence. “Belinda.”

He frowned, struggling with his words, then finally voiced the thought that had haunted him since the miscarriage. “We can have another baby in the future.”

Belinda gazed at him, bewildered, unable to believe the words that had just escaped his lips. Could she have misunderstood? How could Kristopher say such a thing?

The shock in her eyes made him furrow his brow. Straightening up, Kristopher turned and exited the elevator. “Forget I said anything.”

had noticed the sorrow in her eyes earlier when the family discussed the baby. Her sadness had moved him, evoking sympathy for the child they had lost. Yet, the look of disbelief on her

doors began to close, Belinda snapped out of her daze and hurried after Kristopher. They walked side by side from the elevator to the hospital entrance, enveloped in

observed the once captivating tall figure of the man before her, now with a trace of coldness in her expression. She began to piece together what Kristopher had implied back in the elevator. It was the family’s conversation about the baby that had touched him. He had thought

reasonable to say those words. But he had never shown concern for this baby. Even on the day

hospital, they made their way to a restaurant across the street and settled in. The waiter approached their table

didn’t accept the menu. Her attention was fixed on her phone, her fingers swiftly navigating through messages from Madisyn and Fred. With a nonchalant tone, she ordered, “A coffee and a sandwich for me, and two to go,

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ordering for herself? Puzzled and slightly annoyed, he asked,

phone, rolled her eyes, and retorted, “Why don’t

filled the air. “Belinda, I’ve pulled off a big favor for

to send a voice message.