Dear Ex-wife Marry Me by Twin Bridge

Chapter 382

Nathan had been caught by Knox, and the folks at ByteWise Technologies were still laying low at the hospital, not daring to pull a fast one in front of the

doctors

But as long as her dad was still kicking, they’d keep saying those gut–wrenching things, and she feared he might not make it past another two months.

The thought alone made Maja’s eyes well up.

lan had planned to give her a hard time, like only solving Knox’s problem after she completed ten tasks.

But when he looked at her and saw the shattered look on her face, as if she was bearing some colossal pain. It messed him up.

He whipped out his phone and dialed Jeff.

“Hand over Knox’s criminal records to the police station. I want to see ByteWise Technologies sealed off by 9 AM tomorrow,” he said and then hung up.

Maja was taken aback. She’d thought he’d just hand over the documents and leave the rest to her to negotiate with the cops. She hadn’t expected him to handle everything in one fell swoop.

lan glanced at her and asked, “Feeling better?”

Maja was bewildered. When she realized what he meant, her cheeks flushed, and she quickly looked away.

“Uh huh.”

lan remembered the last time he hadn’t pushed her too far and had stopped when she asked him to. He couldn’t believe she had forgotten. Standing up, knowing her urgency was because of Nathan, he felt he didn’t need to be too considerate of her feelings anymore.

hotel at 8

froze, her fingers clenching involuntarily.

herself somewhere and had just applied some ointment she had bought from

hadn’t expected to

it again tonight, she stiffened instinctively,

had no room to negotiate on this.

hard, she said, “Okay.”

“Anything else?”

was aloof, his gaze drifting

trying to stay calm.

can go back to

leave the room, his voice reached her again.

the hotel room key,

room, so

“Uh huh.”

as she was about to leave, he added casually, “Dress up a bit. As a married woman, you should

as if a sharp needle had pierced her

blanched instantly, but she didn’t look

moment, she rasped, “Okay.”

just

married and yet was with

so after agreeing, she left

just as she was getting into the

quickly put on a smile,

lan’s office, he blurted out, “I just ran into Penny. She seemed a bit off.”

approached lan, he noticed that lan seemed distracted, even