A Second Chance with the CEO After Divorce

Chapter 292:

Kristopher watched her go, his brows knitted into a tight frown.

He reached for his phone, intending to check the time, only to find the screen shattered, likely from the accident. He couldn’t even unlock the device.

Kristopher gingerly got out of bed and headed to the bathroom. After a simple wash, he went downstairs to look for Belinda. “Let me use your phone.”

She was at the kitchen counter, kneading dough for her handmade noodles. Flour covered her hands and the upper half of her apron.

Belinda turned around and lifted her apron to reveal one of her waist pockets.

Kristopher glanced at the phone peeking from under it, then his gaze flitted over to her flat belly. It lingered there.

take it yourself,” she prompted when he froze in

back to his senses. He cleared his throat and walked over to grab the

was shallow, and as he pulled the phone out,

and airy, and although the contact was brief,

scenes from that one fateful night they had shared flashed in

the air in the kitchen grew heavy, charged

with tension, heavy and suffocating. Belinda furrowed her brows as her gaze instinctively met Kristopher’s. Their eyes locked,

cool surface beneath her made Belinda shiver involuntarily. Kristopher positioned himself between her legs, his large hand tracing the outline of her lips as he leaned in, as if to seal

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The moment was broken, pulling them both back to reality. Before

in the kitchen, preparing breakfast.

Marc couldn’t help but ask, “Mrs. Cox, you’re up early making