Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 54 Wish I Had Met You Sooner

In the darkness, Caroline's voice was so close that it felt like

Alistair could reach out and touch her.

And he actually could. They were lying on opposite sides of the bed with barely three feet between them, just a hand's reach away from each other.

"I'm pretty still," Alistair answered honestly.

Then he couldn't help wondering if Caroline was a restless

sleeper.

He was hugging the very edge of the bed, taking up maybe twenty inches of the seven-foot-wide mattress. She was petite. The remaining four feet should be plenty of room for her to stretch

out.

With this thought, Alistair unconsciously shifted even closer to his edge of the bed. He only stopped when half his body was practically hanging off the mattress.

After a moment of silence, Caroline spoke again, "Actually, I don't move around much when I sleep either."

"Oh," Alistair responded, not sure why she felt the need to tell him

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this.

Eventually, Caroline sighed, "You should move more toward the

center. What if you fall off in the middle of the night?"

Alistair was left speechless. She caught him.

Alistair gave an awkward laugh. "It's fine. I've always liked sleeping on the edge of the bed since I was a kid."

Caroline rolled her eyes.

"But I'm worried you might fall off in the middle of the night and freak me out," she quickly added. "Just so you know, I get really cranky when I wake up."

Alistair silently shifted toward the middle of the bed.

Caroline felt the mattress trembling as he moved closer, and her heart fluttered in response.

Once Alistair settled in, he went completely still.

"Did you sleep on the edge with your ex-wife too?" Caroline asked, already knowing the answer.

"No, we slept in separate rooms."

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Alistair found the situation oddly amusing. Here he was, chatting with Caroline

the role of a loving

Caroline knew everything already, but she

voice.

silent for

said understandingly. "You don't have to tell me if

self-deprecating laugh. "It's nothing special, really. We were never truly husband and wife. Back then, I needed money, and she

So..."

would erase this chapter

what good would erasing it do? It would just be burying

it in front of Caroline now didn't

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had been, it was over. He'd completely moved on from

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For some reason, he felt that if she wanted

Caroline's voice carried an emotion that

define. "I'm

thing, but hearing him talk about it with such

apologizing for reopening his

say "It's nothing, I've moved on," when she said wistfully, "I wish I'd met

froze. His heart

dad," Caroline continued. "Eloise is such a good kid, and I'm a reasonable person. I wouldn't have made things difficult for

might have been. If he had met Caroline and her daughter six years ago, looking back on that time wouldn't have brought

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life doesn't offer do-overs,"

Caroline sighed softly. "Yeah."

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do-overs, but

conversation came to an

the Barbie dolls Eloise arranged on her toy bed during playtime, a full three feet apart, both perfectly straight

position.

like taffy. All her focus zeroed in on Alistair across that three-foot divide, making it impossible

felt simultaneously like hours

she heard

no way he

now.

if Alistair had fallen asleep, he was doing the exact

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never realized sleeping could be such torture. Despite Caroline's soft mattress, his body screamed in protest from staying frozen in one position. Every muscle felt