A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 274:

“Kristopher.”

After a long and heavy silence, Belinda spoke first, her voice rough with emotion. “Can you help me?”

She reasoned that since he had criticized her plan to involve the police, he might have a better strategy. Considering the lateness of the hour, seeking help from anyone else would likely be futile or too delayed. The man standing before her might indeed be her best recourse.

Kristopher raised his eyebrows, a challenge in his gaze. “Asking for help requires a certain humility.”

Belinda’s lips tightened. She straightened her posture, meeting his eyes firmly. “And how would you propose I ask?”

In the dim glow of the stairwell, light danced playfully in Belinda’s dark eyes. Moonlight streamed through the skylight above, casting her slender face into sharp relief, accentuating her delicate features. Kristopher watched her, feeling an unfamiliar emotion stir deep within him.

lips parting slightly. “Kristopher, tell me, how should I plead

captured by her moist, red lips. He remembered their softness, the sweetness of past kisses. Looking at her lips, his throat tightened

to Belinda. She paused, taken aback, her complexion turning pale. But with thoughts of Fred and the urgency of their situation pressing on her mind, she took a deep breath, steadied her thoughts, and suppressed

we can manage to rescue Fred tonight, I will fulfill your request. If not, you can approach me anytime later. I will not go back on my

they were referring to something intimate, her tone and demeanor were as serious and businesslike as if they

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intimacy, she would blush and avert her eyes. Now, her

on this change, a wave of irritation inexplicably surged through him. He tugged at his tie irritably and began to walk past her, heading

her showing a willingness to ask for help stemmed from his feeling that she was not giving him the attention or passion

felt a