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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Here he was, chatting with Caroline

loving couple in public, but rarely talked in

married? Why sleep in different rooms?" Caroline knew

voice.

fell silent

don't have

gave a self-deprecating laugh. "It's nothing special, really. We were never truly husband and wife. Back

So..."

erase this chapter of

would erasing it do? It would just be burying my head

it in front of Caroline now didn't

for him.

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

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simply to state the facts. For some reason, he

long silence, Caroline's voice carried an emotion

define.

his past was one thing, but hearing him

apologizing for reopening his old

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

heart

have been Eloise's dad," Caroline continued. "Eloise is such a good kid, and I'm a reasonable

six years ago, looking back on that time wouldn't have brought pain and suffering, but sweetness,

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offer do-overs," he

Caroline sighed softly. "Yeah."

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didn't offer do-overs, but

conversation came to

the darkness, Caroline and Alistair lay as stiff as the Barbie dolls Eloise arranged on her toy bed during playtime, a full three feet apart, both perfectly

position.

All her focus zeroed in on Alistair across that three-foot

felt simultaneously like hours and mere seconds had

silence, she heard Alistair's deep,

no way he could

now.

had fallen asleep, he

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sleeping could be such torture. Despite Caroline's soft mattress, his body screamed in